1/1 A SCHOOL bus driver has today pleaded guilty to causing a serious crash in Headbourne Worthy which left three children needing surgery. The Stagecoach double decker bus heading for Henry Beaufort secondary school crashed into a railway bridge in Wellhouse Lane on September 10 last year ripping off the roof. Three pupils needed surgery for life-changing injuries while 12 other suffered minor injuries. All the injured were aged between 11 and 16. Driver Martin Robert Walker, 36, of Hood Road, Southampton, appeared at Winchester Crown Court this morning charged with three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Walker pleaded guilty to all three charges and will be sentenced on July 9.
By Press Association 2021
Winchester bus crash scene
A bus driver has pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving after his double-decker crashed into a railway bridge in an incident which left three children with “life-changing” injuries.
Martin Walker entered his pleas at Winchester Crown Court in connection with the crash, which involved a bus taking 74 pupils aged 11 to 16 to Henry Beaufort School in Winchester, Hampshire, on September 10 last year.
The 36-year-old, from Southampton, pleaded guilty to three charges of causing injury by dangerous driving.
Neil Fitzgibbon, defending, said: “He has no previous convictions and he has an unblemished record with Stagecoach.
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image captionThe double-decker s roof was torn off when it struck the bridge
The driver of a school bus that had its roof torn off when it crashed into a railway bridge has pleaded guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving.
Martin Walker admitted three charges after three children suffered life-changing injuries in the crash on 10 September.
The double-decker was taking 74 pupils, aged 11 to 16, to Henry Beaufort School in Winchester, Hampshire.
Walker, 36, from Southampton, is due to be sentenced on 9 July.
Winchester Crown Court judge, Recorder Don Tait, told Walker he could face a custodial sentence.
image captionThe bus had been on its way to Henry Beaufort School
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