Three people died in coach crash on their way back from music festival because of faulty 20-year-old tyre

A grieving mother has called for a ban on coach operators using old tyres after a coroner ruled that the failure of a tyre that was nearly 20 years old caused the crash which killed three people, including her 18-year-old son, on their way back from a music festival. Surrey coroner Richard Travers questioned why it was legal for such old tyres to be used after hearing how driver Colin Daulby battled to control the 52-seat coach on the A3 in Surrey. As the front nearside tyre blew out the vehicle was sent veering up an embankment, through a fence and into a tree.

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