The circumstances how a Royal Mail van rolled over and killed a Western Isles postman is a mystery, a court heard on Tuesday evening.
Ronnie Morrison of Hacklett, Benbecula, died when he was dragged underneath his own mail van in Ford Terrace in Creagorry, on 28 March last year.
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He died of chest injuries and having his air supply cut off after being trapped underneath the vehicle, procurator fiscal David Teale told a fatal accident inquiry into his death at Lochmaddy Sheriff Court.
Lawyer Gordon Seaton who represented Mr Morrison’s family, stressed the tragedy was a “puzzle” as a police investigator stressed the vehicle would have rolled backwards immediately without either the handbrake or gears being applied.
Yet, the it only rolled away after Mr Morrison -
The solicitor said this “accident may not have happened” if the Royal Mail had an
audio handbrake reminder warning -
He said the family did not seek to “blame anyone but don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”