Ottawa bus driver not guilty of all charges in fatal Westboro crash
CBC
The Ottawa bus driver in a 2019 fatal crash at the Westboro transit station has been acquitted of all criminal charges.
In a decision delivered Wednesday, Ontario Court Justice Matthew Webber acknowledged the "pure magnitude of human suffering" that gripped the city in the aftermath of the Jan. 11, 2019 crash.
OC Transpo bus operator Aissatou Diallo was driving bus 8155 when she crashed into the steel awning of the Westboro transit station killing three passengers — Anja Van Beek, Judy Booth and Bruce Thomlinson — and injuring dozens of others.
Police then charged Diallo with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and 35 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
"This is a tragic, tragic case indeed. And the degree of human pain and loss that was suffered by so many has not eluded me. However, to convict Ms. Diallo of this serious criminal offence on the strength of the proven conduct before me, would be to cast the net far too wide," Webber said.
"Ms. Diallo, you are free to go."
Diallo intentionally merged from the left lane into the right service lane seconds before she drove off the road, Webber found, acquiescing to a passenger's stop request.
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