A bin lorry driver who caused the death of a young boy who was cycling to school by failing to keep a proper lookout as he pulled out of a golf club car park has been sentenced to an unpaid work order and a driving ban. ‌

Ross Wallace was driving the large refuse truck when he struck 11-year-old Thomas Wong at the exit of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society car park in Cramond, Edinburgh , last year. ‌

Wallace, 29, continued to drive on following the collision but soon pulled over after hearing colleagues shouting to find the tragic schoolboy lying in the roadway. ‌

Thomas was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene after being hit by the Scania HGV refuse lorry as he made his way to a local primary school at around 8.30am on March 1 last year.

Harrowing CCTV footage of the

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