A 60-year-old Nigerian bus driver, Olisofa Popoola, was on Monday March 20 2023 arraigned in a UK courtroom over the dying of a pedestrian in London.
Popoola was driving an electrical 507 single decker bus when he crashed into one other bus exterior Victoria Station in London, inflicting the dying of 32-year-old Melissa Burr.
Jurors heard that Popoola was attempting to maneuver his automobile ahead when he unintentionally pressed the accelerator as a substitute of brake, and crashed into the again of one other 507 bus which was ready to select up passengers exterior the railway station.
As a substitute of stopping the bus, he continued driving ahead even after hitting the opposite automobile. Sadly, Ms. Burr was crossing the highway on the time of the crash and was knocked down earlier than getting crushed underneath the automobile.
It was gathered that the motive force of the second bus, Diana Mathuranayagam, was flung from her automobile and suffered a badly fractured eye socket.
The tragic crash occurred round 8.25am on 10 August 2021, when Burr, from Rainham, Kent, was crossing the highway with two colleagues.
Following the crash, Popoola informed the police, “My foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator and I’ve collided with the bus in entrance.”
In keeping with Prosecutor Alexander Williams, Popoola admitted accountability for the crash however claims it was attributable to careless fairly than harmful driving.
In the meantime, the trial continues to be ongoing and no judgement has been given but.
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