Officer who first approached driver after Westboro bus crash didn t want to re-victimize her ottawacitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawacitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I can t believe I did this, OC Transpo driver sobbed after deadly 2019 crash, court hears Court is weighing whether statements made by Aissatou Diallo after the crash at Westboro station are admissible in her trial, set to start later this year
Author of the article: Gary Dimmock
Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 2 minute read Aissatou Diallo is the OC Transpo driver who faces dangerous driving charges after the 2019 crash of an OC Transpo bus at Westboro station that killed three people. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
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Minutes after the deadly 2019 Westboro bus crash, rookie OC Transpo driver Aissatou Diallo cried on her supervisor’s shoulder and repeated “Oh my God, I can’t believe I did this.”
The driver of the OC Transpo bus that crashed into a bus shelter at the Westboro Transitway station in 2019 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of dangerous driving causing death and 35 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
Ottawa police Const. Corey Bourguignon was the first officer to approach the shaken and tearful bus driver.
Author of the article: Gary Dimmock
Publishing date: Mar 05, 2021 • March 5, 2021 • 4 minute read First responders attend to victims of a rush-hour bus crash at the Westboro Station in January 2019. Photo by Wayne Cuddington /Postmedia
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In the moments after the deadly bus crash at Westboro station in 2019, rookie OC Transpo driver Aissatou Diallo’s first concern was for her passengers.
She tried to help them as they screamed in agony and she radioed dispatch for help. She told police that she could hear people crying, recalling that there was blood everywhere. The upper deck, where three passengers died and others suffered horrific, life-altering wounds, was inaccessible. So she tried instead to off-load passengers on the main floor, while at the same time calling out for folks to call 911 and help others.
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