A retrial will be held for the bus driver who is charged with crushing a woman to death in a collision.
Olusofa Popoola, 60, was operating an electric 507 single decker when he accidentally depressed the accelerator rather than the brake.
Outside of London’s Victoria Station, Melissa Burr, 32, was run over by a bus after the driver swerved into its back.
On August 10, 2021, at around 8.25 am, Ms. Burr of Rainham, Kent, was moving with colleagues between the two buses.
She was trampled and eventually passed away in the hospital as a result of the collision’s injuries.
Popoola from Peckham, south London, admitted causing death by careless driving at the Old Bailey but denies causing death by dangerous driving.
A jury failed to reach verdicts on the dangerous driving charges, after almost 10 hours of deliberation last week.
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Popoola’s retrial will take place in August.
He is also accused of seriously injuring another bus driver, Diana Mathuranayagam, in the same collision.
The judge said Popoola will remain on unconditional bail until his retrial.
Popoola worked as a bus driver for 20 years and told the court the bus had lurched forward and he thought there was a mechanical fault.
‘I panicked. I thought the brake had failed. I thought it was the handbrake which started the problem.
‘My brain did not connect with my leg – that I had to use the footbrake.’