THE Glasgow bin lorry driver whose vehicle killed six people after he fell unconscious at the wheel was asked at an inquiry yesterday to imagine his daughter as a victim.

Harry Clarke, who has a history of dizziness and fainting, refused to answer most questions, as was his legal right.

The 58-year-old told Glasgow Sheriff Court that he remembered seeing Christmas lights before the vehicle crashed into the Millenium Hotel on December 22 and a shouting colleague woke him.

The pedestrians who died were 18-year-old Erin McQuade and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, Gillian Ewing, 52, Jacqueline Morton, 51, and Stephenie Tait, 29.

The Crown Office in Scotland has decided not to prosecute Mr Clarke, on the grounds that the crash was a “tragic accident,” but some victims’ relatives confirmed on Thursday that they would pursue a private prosecution.

Dorothy Bain QC, for relatives of Ms Morton, asked Mr Clarke in the presence of his daughter Karen: “If [she] was killed … what would you hope those who might have some information about it would do at that public inquiry?”

Amid his silence, she added: “Do you not have the decency to think of someone other than yourself on this occasion?”

Ms Bain described his “dreadful” work absence record and accused him of knowingly misleading doctors to keep his job — to which he refused to respond.

He is also accused of failing to properly disclose health problems to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority and prospective employers.

Am ex-colleague alleged that Mr Clarke had blacked out when a bus driver in 2010.

The inquiry continues.