A bus driver has avoided a driving ban after causing a crash between his bus and a car which saw the double decker drive through a red traffic light.
Philip Onions, 21, Hixs Lane, Tydd St. Mary, pleaded guilty to one count of driving without due care and attention at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The crash happened on March 3 this year on David’s Lane, Werrington.
The collision was captured on a dash-camera fitted to the Peugeot which was hit by the Stagecoach bus.
Onions, a dad of three, failed to stop at a red traffic light, and collided with the car while his bus was carrying school children home.
The female driver of the Peugeot suffered arm injuries, and a bus passenger was also hurt in the crash. Eyewitnesses said there were about 20 school children on board at the time, as well as other passengers.
