Truck driver's father says his son is 'shattered' after horror school bus crash

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'He's a pretty soft young fella actually, and he cares a lot about people'. Jamie Gleeson has been charged with four counts of dangerous driving causing serious injury following a Melbourne bus crash containing children. 9News

"There's nothing worse than when an accident happens and children are involved," he said."Jamie is just totally upset as well.""He's a pretty soft young fella actually, and he cares a lot about people," he said.Gleeson said his son "couldn't speak more highly of how the police had handled the situation".Gleeson has been driving trucks for more than 20 years.

"I think he's been punished enough. He'll have to have this hanging over him for the rest of his life." Gleeson told police he was accelerating out of a 60km/h zone outside Exford Primary School when he noticed flashes of sunlight coming through the trees.

 

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