The driver of the bus, tried for homicide and involuntary injuries after the death of six college students in 2017, collapsed during her trial. The hearing was adjourned on Thursday.
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The driver of the bus who had a fatal accident with a TER in 2017 in Millas burst into tears during her trial, the afternoon of Thursday September 22, in Marseille, noted a journalist from franceinfo on the spot. The hearing has been suspended and will not resume until Monday morning.
She started crying during her audition, when she was asked to remember the time of the accident. She had to be rescued by firefighters. His lawyers accused the civil party of “torture“their client, this one mentioned”the idea of ending” Wednesday evening.
The driver ensures that the barrier was open
The defendant has been on trial since Monday, September 19 for homicide and involuntary injury after the death of six schoolchildren and the injury of 17 others in the collision between the school bus she was driving and a TER train, at the level of a passage at level in Millas, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, on December 14, 2017.
Faced with expert reports and several testimonies, including that of the TER driver who claim that the level crossing barrier was lowered when the coach approached it, the 53-year-old driver again assured Wednesday that, according to her, the barrier was indeed open.