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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 31, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Police seeking indictments for driver, Egged officials in deadly bus crash
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].”
