A multi-count indictment was filed against Egged bus driver Chaim Biton in the Jerusalem Traffic Court. Biton was the driver who crashed an Egged number 402 bus heading from the capital to Tel Aviv, resulting in the deaths of six people and leaving others injured.

Many have questioned how Biton was permitted driving for the bus company following a number of complaints and accidents against him. The prosecution has eyewitness testimony in this case as well documenting he was operating the vehicle in a reckless fashion.

According to the indictment, on February 14, 2016 at about 6:25PM, the driver crashed into a parked truck that was on the right shoulder despite have clear visibility during a routine trip. By the time he detected the truck, about 30 meters from the parked vehicle, it was too late as the bus headed into the shoulder of the road.

The indictment details how the right wall of the bus was peeled back from the force of passing the parked truck that broke down.

He is charged with causing the deaths by negligence.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)