Crikey - very upsetting story.

First of all my heart goes out to the family.  I have driven 44T artics for a living and am also a SAFED instructor.   The nearside on an artic is covered by 3 mirrors to help cut down on blind spots ( 2 rearward facing and 1 kerb mirror ) but you still cant see 100%. Even a slight turn and you create a blindspot.  A driver would know if someone was banging on the cab or hanging off his wipers. As for driving over a body and bike it would be barely noticeble as 44t  will flatten most things.  I cannot stand up for the driver in this case.

*Shakes head*

I would like to know why part of the evidence was withheld from the trial, had the police actually gone beyond presenting the facts into conjecture. That's actually a pretty poor and lazy piece of journalism that states very little detail of the events.