A bus driver who negligently crashed into an "unexpectedly low bridge" in Melbourne, seriously injuring six of his passengers, is due to be sentenced on Monday.
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Gold Bus driver Jack Aston, 55, showed "flagrant inattention" when he crashed into the bridge in 2016, the County Court of Victoria previously heard.
But the court was also told the Ballarat resident was confused, new to the job and on a new route when the crash occurred.
Judge Bill Stuart said drivers must be alert to the "vagaries and the ever- changing risks" in the course of everyday driving.
"He had 14 passengers on board and of whom six were seriously injured. They were literally, in so far as he was the driver, in his care," he said.
Judge Stuart added Aston wasn't speeding, alcohol affected or distracted by his phone, but he had formed an almost "tunnel-vision focus".
Gold Bus company director Donald McKenzie told the court Aston was a "good man" and should have been given better warning about the route and the bridge.
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