Overview

• Jamie Gleeson faced seven counts of dangerous driving causing serious injury but was acquitted by the jury
• The collision happened in May 2023 at Eynesbury, 45 kilometres west of Melbourne, when Gleeson's tipper truck struck the back of an Exford Primary School bus
• Seven children on board the bus sustained serious injuries in the crash
• The trial spanned 10 days and saw the jury reach its verdict in under two hours
• Defense evidence focused on mechanical brake failures and disputed claims of negligence as falling short of criminal wrongdoing