Melissa Burr was fatally injured after being hit by the vehicle, which was shunted from behind by another coach, as she tried cross the road on August 10, 2021.
A woman died after being launched into the air when she was struck by a bus that then crushed her after it was shunted from behind, a court has heard. Melissa Burr was fatally injured after being hit by the coach as she tried to cross the road outside Victoria station in London on August 10, 2021.
At this time, three pedestrians, with Ms Burr, from Rainham, Kent, the first, attempted to cross the road in front of the queue of buses. Mr Evans told jurors: "The parked bus lurched forward. It hit Ms Burr, who was propelled up and forward. The people behind her jumped backwards out of the way. Popoola, who had been driving buses for 20 yearsst, claimed at the time that he was attempting to stop his bus when his "foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator", leading his vehicle to hit the coach in front. Later, in a prepared statement, he said: I felt a big collision out of nowhere. I think out of a shock, I may have applied my accelerator more firm instead of the brake. I think I believed that I was pressing the brake.
Top news stories today A probe into the crash concluded that Popoola had continued to apply the accelerator after hitting the parked bus, rather than the foot brake, before eventually bringing his vehicle to a stop with the parking brake. His coach was found to have been travelling at around 8mph at the point of collision, having been at a peak of 10mph moments before.
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