Truck driver bailed over serious school bus crash in Melbourne's west

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UPDATE: A truck driver involved in a serious crash involving 45 school children has been granted bail. 9News

Balliang East man Jamie Gleeson, 49, appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Gleeson, a truck driver for 18 years, told police he would normally "take it easy" in school zones and was accelerating out of the 60km/h zone outside Exford Primary School when he noticed flashes of sunlight coming through the trees. His lawyer said this was Gleeson's first time in custody and he had no prior driving or other criminal matters.

A truck driver who crashed into a school bus carrying 45 children in west of Melbourne yesterday has been charged.McKenna said Gleeson had co-operated with police at the scene.Police earlier told reporters there would "likely be more charges" laid against a truck driver after a school bus carrying 45 children overturned west ofVictoria Police Superintendent Michael Cruse said the investigation was continuing into the crash."It's sort of unimaginable.

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