THE driver of the bin lorry which killed six people in a horror crash in Glasgow says he thinks about the victims "every minute of every day".
According to reports, Glasgow City Council worker Harry Clarke, 58, said he collapsed unconscious at the wheel - and wishes he could remember what happened so he could tell the families affected.
Mr Clarke reportedly said: "I understand a lot of people want to know what happened that day. I wish I could tell you but I can't. I just want all of the families of the injured and deceased to know I can't remember anything.
"I wish I could but I was unconscious."
He reportedly said he has racked his brain to try to remember but can't.
He added: "I will never know what happened other than people telling me what they saw.
"Nothing will ever be normal for the families or me ever again. I think of everyone every minute of every day.
"I grieve for everyone involved in the accident. Every day is a struggle."
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents, Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident on December 22.
Primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, and tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square.
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