ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The bus driver in a deadly Thruway bus crash in Pembroke pleaded guilty to five counts of criminally negligent homicide Monday in court.
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Shao told investigators a water bottle rolled to his feet while he was driving. He bent down to pick it up and throw it out. He missed the trash can, and that’s when he lost control of the bus.
Five people were killed and dozens more were hurt in the crash last August. Shao had also been charged with five counts of manslaughter.
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