‘He should have been wearing a seat belt,’ says death driver

A bin lorry driver who crushed a colleague when he took a bend too quickly told a court he does not feel responsible for the man’s death. Kazys Kaniauskas, 54, was thrown from the window of the truck but Gerald Ball, 51, said it was his own fault for not wearing his seatbelt. Ball admitted to being in a hurry to get to the tip ‘before breakfast’, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. But Ball believes he was not to blame for…