Incarace Ltd fined after motorsport sponsor dies in Birmingham

Image source, Jeff Davies

Image caption, Colin North died at the scene in November 2019

A company has been fined £50,000 after a man died when he was hit by a recovery vehicle at a stock-car event.

A sponsor, Colin North, 60, died at the scene at Birmingham Wheels Raceway on 16 November 2019.

He had been there to present trophies for his employer, Teng Tools.

Organiser Incarace Ltd, from Aldershot, Hampshire, admitted health and safety offences and has also been ordered to pay costs of £20,000.

Guilty pleas by the firm, which was sentenced at Coventry Magistrates' Court on Friday, were taken into account.

The company pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court in March and was sentenced on Friday.

Mr North died at the scene in Bordesley Green from multiple injuries.

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