Police seeking indictments for driver, Egged officials in deadly bus crash

31 March 2016, 7:53 pm

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Police are seeking indictments for the driver and senior officials in the Egged bus company over a deadly collision last month.

The packed bus slammed into a truck standing on the side of Route 1, killing six people. The driver, Haim Bitton, is suspected of tampering with the tachograph, a device tracking the driver’s speed over the previous 24 hours.

Senior Egged officials are suspected of knowing that Bitton had a history of dangerous driving but was still allowed to continue operating a public bus.

“We know this driver has a record,” police officials said shortly after the crash. “We want to know whether senior officials at Egged did everything so that he received all the training and qualification necessary [before retaking the wheel].”