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Bus pensioner injury fine

6th April 1989, Page 23
6th April 1989
Page 23
Page 23, 6th April 1989 — Bus pensioner injury fine
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• A bus driver who pulled away before an elderly passenger could sit down, causing her to fall, was fined £200 with 215 costs by the Bridgend magistrates last week.

Peter McCann, of Littchard Park, Bridgend, admitted failing to ensure the safety of a passenger.

For the prosecution, Richard Killick said that McCann had picked up the pensioner concerned in Dinam Street, Nanty-moel. The lady paid her fare to the defendant, but before she could sit down the bus moved off. She fell down a step, receiving injuries that required hospital treatment.

Defending, Nicholas Lewis said that McCann had a previously long and unblemished driving record.