On Monday, a bus and a car collided head-on on Svinesundsveien in Halden. Two people died, while three people were taken to hospital. Now the bus driver is charged with negligent homicide, according to VG. – The bus driver is charged with having negligently caused the death of another, says the lawyer on duty in the East police district, Behreng Mirzaei, to the newspaper. The bus driver’s defender, Tor Magnus Fagermo, tells news that the person in question does not plead guilty. – He does not plead guilty to the charge, and believes he has been careful in his behavior in traffic, says the defender. Three accidents in three weeks The speed limit at the scene of the accident is 70 kilometers per hour. When the accident occurred, there were three people in the bus, including the driver. None of these were injured in the collision. Five people were in the car that collided with the bus. A man in his 60s from Halden and a woman in her 30s from Bergen died. The three other people who were in the car were taken to hospital, and are out of danger. The head-on collision on Monday is the third collision in three weeks on the stretch of road. 18 people have been involved in the three accidents.
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Bus driver charged with negligent homicide after fatal accident in Halden – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
