Bus driver charged with manslaughter over fatal Brisbane crash
A bus driver has been charged with manslaughter after a pedestrian was killed in a collision in South Brisbane in June.
The CityGlider bus was travelling on Melbourne Street after 11.30pm on June 28 when it struck a man walking at the intersection of Cordelia Street.
First responders declared the man, aged in his 40s, dead.
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A man aged in his 40s died after allegedly being hit by a bus in South Brisbane. Today
The ten passengers in the bus at the time were not injured.
Today, police charged a 59-year-old man from North Lakes with manslaughter.
He was refused bail and will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court this afternoon.
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