Man charged over Hampshire school bus crash
A man will appear before Basingstoke magistrates following collision last year
Police investigating the collision of a school bus with a railway bridge in Winchester have charged a man.
Three children required surgery for “potentially life-changing injuries” after a double-decker school bus crashed into the bridge in Winchester last September.
The bus had been taking children aged 11 to 16 to Henry Beaufort School in the Hampshire city when the incident occurred.
Another 12 children were treated for minor injuries at the scene and 57 were unhurt.
Hampshire Police announced on Thursday that Martin Robert Walker, 36, of Burke Drive in Southampton, has been charged with three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Walker is due to appear before Basingstoke Magistrates Court on April 6.