The bus crashed into a bridge in Headbourne Worthy. Right, Martin Walker at Basingstoke Magistrates Court. Image: Solent News and Photo Agency
A SCHOOL bus driver is to be sentenced today for causing a serious crash in Headbourne Worthy which left three children needing surgery.
The Stagecoach double decker bus heading for Henry Beaufort secondary school crashed into a railway bridge in Wellhouse Lane on September 10 last year ripping off the roof.
Martin Robert Walker, 37, Hood Road, Southampton, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He is due to be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court later today (Friday).
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