Bus driver ‘wasn’t thinking of anything’ when he caused fatal crash

A bus driver with 20 years experience who killed a commuter after putting his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake told a court he was not aware where his foot was. Olusofa Popoola, 60, was driving an electric 507 single decker which shunted into the back of a driverless bus that ran over Melissa Burr, 32, outside busy Victoria Station. Ms Burr, 32, from Rainham, Kent, was crushed in front of two horrified colleagues at around 8.25am on…

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