Overview

• He pleaded guilty to 12 offences, including 10 counts of negligently causing serious injury, over the 2022 collision that sent a Loreto College bus down an embankment.
• Prosecutors told the court he knew the truck and both trailers had defective brakes and that he told police, “Yes, and I still took the risk.”
• Victims described life‑changing harm such as amputations, traumatic brain injury, organ damage, chronic pain and PTSD, with one student recounting she had at times wished she had died.
• The bus carried 32 people, including 27 students headed to Melbourne Airport for a NASA trip, and three passengers were ejected before traffic workers began rescues.
• On the third day of the pre‑sentence hearing, the defence said he surrendered to custody in April and asked to begin serving time, as prosecutors argued his culpability was high and sentencing remains pending.