The preliminary hearing into the George Square Bin Lorry tragedy got under way last week. The Fatal Accident Inquiry will investigate the factors around the crash which killed Dumbarton family members Jack and Lorraine Sweeney and their 18 year-old granddaughter Erin McQuade, along with three other people. Health and safety lawyer, Advocate Peter Gray QC, will represent Glasgow City Council at the inquiry into the bin lorry crash on December 22. Scotlands solicitor general, Lesley Thomson, will lead the Crowns case. A preliminary hearing took place in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday, with the full Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) tabled for July 22, exactly seven months after the tragedy. However lawyers acting for some of the victims indicated the inquiry may well be delayed in order to give them more time to examine expert reports. The FAI follows the Crown Office decision not to pursue criminal charges against the bin lorry driver, Harry Clarke, who had a cardiac arrest at the wheel of his vehicle on Queen Street just three days before Christmas. It is understood the inquiry will look at drivers medical background and his fitness to hold a licence. A sheriff will also consider the technical aspects of the vehicle and whether it was appropriate to take the route it did through Glasgow city centre at such a busy time. A video of the route of the refuse lorry shot from the same height as the cab in the aftermath of the crash will be shown to the inquiry. Sheriff Principal Craig Scott, who will hear the FAI, said it will set out to establish the circumstances relating to the deaths of the six victims. Solicitor General Lesley Thomson QC, who will lead the inquiry, said it will cover three main areas. She said: The issues fall into three categories which are firstly around the driver, his medical background, his fitness to hold the licence, his employment record and training. The vehicle itself and the technical aspects, if there could have been any interventions which could have brought the vehicle to a controlled stop. And thirdly the safety of the refuse collection route taken by the motor vehicle. Arrangements will be made for people involved in the FAI to view the vehicle before the inquiry starts, while during the FAI it will be brought to a suitable place close to the court. Ten people were also injured when the refuse lorry crashed into the citys Millennium Hotel. Three members of the Dumbarton family died along with Gillian Ewing, Stephenie Tait, and Jacqueline Morton. A further preliminary hearing has been set for May 18.