The trial of three bus company managers on charges involving an accident in which 30 people died last year opened on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
Zhang Tao, former general manager of Limin Taxi Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Chongqing Municipal Highway Transportation Group, Zhang Lei, Limin's former chairman and legal representative, and Yang Zongyi, director of the safety section of the company, are charged with negligent management and failing to enforce safety regulations.
A full commuter bus driven by Lu Fuhua, a driver of Limin Taxi, ploughed through a bridge guardrail in the afternoon of Oct. 1 and plunged 30 meters into a dry riverbed. Twenty people were injured.
Lu was among the dead.
Prosecutors at the Shapingba District People's Court said Lu had been responsible for a traffic accident, in which one person died, while driving on March 31 last year.
But the three managers failed to revoke Lu's license after the March accident as required under transport regulations, Lu continued to drive.
The three managers were arrested on June 1.
The charges are classed as "serious safety violations". If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison.
The case continues.
Source: Xinhua
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