A BUS driver who knocked down and killed his colleague should have followed medical advice after previous blackouts, a sheriff has ruled.

Jim Lochrie, 62, died after he was hit at a bus stop on Cathcart Road, Glasgow, in 2012.

Earlier this year, a fatal accident inquiry took place at Glasgow Sheriff Court and heard from the driver of the bus, David Logue.

Mr Logue - who worked with Mr Lochrie at First Glasgow - said: "I was doing about 20mph. The next thing I remember is someone banging.

"I came to and I was slumped over the wheel and there was a brick wall in front of me."

He had twice blacked out at the wheel previously, in 1998 and 2008, and had his driving licence reinstated.

The inquiry also heard that the DVLA were not informed by Mr Logue that he had suffered "dizzy turns" in 1998, or before the fatal accident.

The blackout that lead to Mr Lochrie's death was blamed on dehydration.

In judgement , Sheriff Kenneth Mitchell said: "A reasonable precaution, whereby the accident resulting in Mr Lochrie's death might have been avoided, was for Mr Logue to have followed the advice given to him on June 17, 2008, by Dr John Byrne - to maintain a sufficient dietary and fluid intake to avoid becoming dehydrated and having a further vasovagal episode. 

"Alternatively, if Mr Logue was not prepared to follow Dr Byrne's advice (as I have found established), it was a reasonable precaution, whereby the accident resulting in Mr Lochrie's death might have been avoided, for Mr Logue to have simply not have driven any type of motor vehicle, whether a car or a bus."

The Crown Office decided Mr Logue will not face prosecution over Mr Lochrie's death.