{"id":144567,"date":"2021-11-12T22:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=144567"},"modified":"2021-11-12T22:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:19:41","slug":"minibus-driver-guilty-of-causing-death-of-three-elderly-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/minibus-driver-guilty-of-causing-death-of-three-elderly-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Minibus driver guilty of causing death of three elderly passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Minibus driver, 44, who crashed as he took 18 pensioners home from a Christmas market is found guilty of causing the death of three of his elderly passengers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Court told Bogdan Ksiazek failed to give way at crossroad and caused fatal crash<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Margaret Henwood, 85, Barbara McGruer, 86, and Richard Kenworthy, 72, killed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ksiazek guilty of causing death by dangerous driving at Cambridge Crown Court<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A minibus driver who crashed while taking 18 pensioners home from a Christmas market, killing three of his passengers, has been found guilty of causing their deaths by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p>Bogdan Ksiazek, 44, drove into the path of a Volkswagen Golf at a crossroads near Bluntisham in Cambridgeshire where he should have given way, a trial at Cambridge Crown Court was told.<\/p>\n<p>He was driving passengers home to the Midlands following a day trip to a Christmas market at Ely Cathedral on November 14, 2019, when the fatal crash happened.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Forrest, prosecuting, said that the defendant was navigating by using the Google Maps app on his phone, which was held in a cradle in the minibus.<\/p>\n<p>His original route was along the A14 but &#8216;he was rerouted by Google Maps because of some problems on the A14&#8217;, Mr Forrest said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/11\/12\/21\/50415501-10196075-image-a-47_1636751065894.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bogdan Ksiazek has been found guilty of causing the deaths of three of his passengers after he failed to give way at a junction and crashed into a car, leaving the minibus on its side (pictured)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/11\/14\/22\/21027974-7687211-image-a-4_1573770130689.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ksiazek was driving elderly passengers back to Midlands after a festive trip to Ely Cathedral<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was directed along some roads unfamiliar to him to the Midlands.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said that Ksiazek, of Towcester, Northamptonshire, failed to stop at a give way sign at a crossroads near Bluntisham in Cambridgeshire, where Bluntisham Heath Road meets the B1040 Somersham Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That failure to give way caused&#8230; catastrophic consequences,&#8217; Mr Forrest said.<\/p>\n<p>The 18 passengers on the minibus were all retired and aged in their 70s and 80s, Mr Forrest said, and three of them died: Margaret Henwood, 85, and 86-year-old Barbara McGruer, both of Bedford, and 72-year-old Richard Kenworthy of Kettering.<\/p>\n<p>A jury at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday found Ksiazek guilty of three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, by majority verdicts of 10 jurors to two.<\/p>\n<p>He was also found guilty of eight counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, also by majority verdicts of 10 to two.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/11\/12\/21\/21027992-10196075-An_East_of_England_Ambulance_Service_spokesman_said_there_are_as-a-48_1636751096757.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: a damaged car and the overturned minibus following the crash in Cambridgeshire<\/p>\n<p>The defendant had admitted three counts of causing death by careless driving.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Cavanagh, warned Ksiazek: &#8216;Custody is inevitable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He bailed the defendant until Wednesday when he will be sentenced.<\/p>\n<p>The eight people who suffered serious injuries were seven of the surviving minibus passengers, and the driver of the Volkswagen Golf that collided with the minibus.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of the tachograph from the minibus indicated that it crossed the junction at 29mph, having slowed from 47mph, and there was no stopping, Mr Forrest said.<\/p>\n<p>Ksiazek was employed by a Northampton coach firm that was contracted to provide the day trip.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just before 5pm, when it was dark but conditions were favourable and it was not raining, Mr Forrest said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10196075\/Minibus-driver-44-guilty-causing-death-three-elderly-passengers.html\" 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