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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Bus driver had micro sleep before crashing and injuring six passengers

The bus had been travelling westbound when it hit a concrete wall and overturned. According to nearby residents the crash made a "big bang" like a "bomb going off". Picture by Marina Neil

A BUS driver who crashed and injured six people at Belmont North, including one man who will never walk again, has pleaded guilty to four charges including dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.

Vladan Wally Talevski, 62, of Clarence Town, had been having micro sleeps while driving the bus, and showing other signs of fatigue in the minutes before he lost control.

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