Staff describe horrific moment car slammed into nursing home bus
Nursing home staff have described the horrific moment an out of control car slammed into their bus, killing two people.
Disqualified learner driver, Michael Trueman, pleaded guilty at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday to five charges including culpable driving and possessing the drug "ice".
It was meant to be a peaceful outing in a mini bus for aged care residents in Rosebud in August, but that ended when their bus was in collision with a car.
Two women, aged 88 and 91, were killed and seven were injured.
"It was horrible,” a staff member said. “It was so loud and there was glass and what I thought was smoke, then I looked forwards and there was blood everywhere".
Several witnesses saw 23-year-old Michael Trueman driving erratically in his commodore before the collision.
One woman said she "saw a white flash of a car travelling on the wrong side of the road".
The bus driver told police: "I had been driving quietly along when I saw the vehicle coming straight at us. It was only two or three seconds before the impact".
Police found a zip-lock bag containing the drug ‘ice’ in Trueman's jacket. Blood tests also revealed illicit drugs in his system.
He had been driving to Sorrento to lay flowers at his brother's grave to mark the anniversary of his death.
Trueman, who was taken to hospital after the accident, later told police: "I’m just so incredibly sorry".
He will return to court in March.
