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Former Hong Kong bus driver sentenced to 45 months in jail for 2017 crash that killed a woman
The sentencing comes amid heightened concerns over bus safety after the city’s worst road accident in nearly 15 years last month
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A former Hong Kong bus driver on Monday was sentenced to almost four years in prison for a crash that beheaded a woman passenger and injured 20 others after he blacked out behind the wheel last year.
Man Chun-pun, 62, was given a 45-month prison term after pleading guilty last month to one count of dangerous driving causing death, and another of causing grievous bodily harm.
District judge Timothy Casewell said on Monday there were serious aggravating factors in Man’s crime because he put “lots of people at risk” by speeding in a public service vehicle.
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Casewell also barred him from driving for five years.
Tai Po bus crash just the latest brush with tragedy for Hong Kong police officers
The sentencing came amid heightened concerns over bus safety after a double-decker bus flipped on its side in Tai Po, killing 19 people and injuring scores last month in the city’s worst road accident in nearly 15 years. The government has since reduced working hours of the city’s 130,000 bus drivers, with bus companies improving their monthly payments and overtime reimbursements.
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