The driver of a tour bus that on March 16 crashed into an embankment on the Suhua Highway, killing six passengers and injuring 39, was on Friday sentenced to one year and six months in prison. The Yilan District Court found Yu Chih-hao (游志豪) guilty of negligent homicide. While Yu had claimed in his defense that the brakes on the bus failed, an investigation found that the three-year-old vehicle passed a routine inspection in January and that its brakes, gearbox and clutch were functioning normally at the time of the accident, the verdict said. Yu acted negligently and did not fulfill his duties