Rojas pleaded guilty
On the last day of wednesday, the sydney district court heard was acciused jury of a bus driver who had killed two TW diners on a motorcycle in a dangerous drive, telling the jury that the bus driver was manipulating heavy vehicles in such a dangerous way, a "waiting accident ".
court hearing the case began friday, when rojas (Luis Rojas), a bus driver at State Transit, a 50-year-old state bus company, pleaded not guilty to accusation two counts of dangerous driving.
During the three-and-a-half-hour drive from the bus parking lot to the shift, CCTV footage showed Rojas trying to fasten his seat belt several times, wear glasses to check a piece of paper, check his phone three times, and then press the button to insert the phone wire into the bus's audio system.
Just before the bus hit the motorcycle, you could hear the song "Lost You "(Without You) sung by American singer Nelson (Harry Nilsson).
Chen Guanwei, a 32-year-old rider who was hit on a motorcycle in Kingsgrove district on January 28,2019, Chen Guan Wei) bounce into front of an oncoming car and curl up under the wheel after being hit by it, And Xu Shupu, a 44-year-old Uber Eats diner sitting behind a Toymour, Su-Po Hsu) were crashed 50 meters away, Hit the road hard. Both died car accident the scene.
The prosecutor, Kim Bell (Roger Kimbell), said in his closing statement today :" The only mistake they made that night was... reached the wrong place at the wrong time, this situation unfortunately caused them to be killed. "
He noted that Rojas' behavior before the crash showed that he was completely distracted during the crash and showed serious violations of proper vehicle control.
"The driving was very dangerous and a collision, crash and accident were waiting to happen. "
Before the motorcycle was hit, the lights and brakes were on, and the two TW diners were wearing high visibility coats. After the accident, rojas told the police who arrived at the scene, when he saw two people on the motorcycle, it was "too late ".
The defense lawer Pawar (Varinder Pawar) says his client's distraction is different from negligence.
He described problems such as the need to re-adjust the rearview mirror, the tilt of the street, and the blindness of the headlight of the oncoming car after passing through the bumpy road, which affected Rogers' ability to identify road hazards.
Defense lawer also said that before the crash, some of the actions rojas did not have any connection with dangerous driving.
But kimber said that after the tragedy, rojas made 243 answers in a police inquiry, but he did not mention once that the headlight of the oncoming vehicle made him unable to see the road ahead or the bus rearview mirror.
In yesterday's hearing, mr rojas claimed that when he was driving to the top of the slope, the headlights of the head-on car blinded his eyes to the motorcycle ahead ," until the last minute ".
But Kimbel dismissed the argument and accused the defendant of "fabricating ".
He instructed today that Mr. Rojas was not an honest or truthful witness and that he had "adjusted his testimony to the contents of the bus video ".
Herbert (Siobhan Herbert) judge summed up the process before the jury withdrew to discuss the verdict.
