School bus driver sentenced to 60 days jail for fatally striking pedestrian
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A school bus driver who struck and killed a 22-year-old pedestrian in a Toronto crosswalk has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and a two-year driving suspension.
A school bus driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in October 2024 has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and a two-year driving suspension.
Anthony Phillips pleaded guilty to careless driving causing the death of 22-year-old Rachel Turner last December.
The 61-year-old admitted that on Oct. 8, 2024, at around 4 p.m., he struck Turner, who was walking in a marked pedestrian crosswalk.
Careless driving causing death is a Highway Traffic Act (HTA) offence that carries a maximum sentence of up to two years in jail, fines between $2,000 and $50,000 and a licence suspension up to five years.
Phillips was driving eastbound on Kingston Road approaching Kingswood Road and slowed in the passing lane to turn left onto the northbound lane of Kingswood Road.
There were no traffic lights at the intersection, but the bus came to a stop as vehicular traffic cleared in front of the bus.
The bus then began to turn left.
At the same time, Turner began to cross the road within the marked pedestrian lines. When she was approximately halfway through the intersection, the bus struck Phillips, projecting her onto the southbound lane of Kingston Road. Witnesses described Turner then going under the rear driver’s side tire.
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