A truck driver is on bail as several children await surgeries for life-altering injuries sustained in a bus crash in Melbourne’s west.
Police are investigating whether 49-year-old Jamie Gleeson, from Balliang East, was distracted before the truck he was driving collided with a bus carrying 46 children from Exford Primary School at nearby Eynesbury on May 16.
Prosecutors did not oppose his application for bail at Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 17.
A spokesperson for the truck operator, L & J Cartage, said the crash was heartbreaking.
“Our hearts go out to everyone involved, especially the children and their families,” the family-owned transport company said on May 16….