Driver acquitted on all charges related to deadly 2019 Westboro bus crash
Posted Sep 22, 2021 04:15:00 PM.
Aissatou Diallo has been found not guilty on 38 charges related to the 2019 Westboro bus crash, which left three people dead and dozens injured.
Of the charges, 35 were for dangerous driving causing bodily harm and three charges were for dangerous driving causing death.
Ontario Court Justice Matthew Webber delivered his verdict on Wednesday, September 22.
He said sun glare and road markers were a factor in the driver hitting a gutter then losing control of the bus and rolling onto the Westboro Station pedestrian platform where it struck an overhang on January 11, 2019. Webber said Diallo was driving somewhat over the speed limit but not dangerously.
A number of changes have been made at Westboro Station since the crash, including highly visible black and yellow striping near the platform's edge and replacing no parking signs with no stopping signs.
Judy Booth, Bruce Thomlinson and Anja Van Beek died in the collision.
