Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Genève, Fre) – The trial opened Monday 8 June of the 47-year-old TPG (Geneva transport company) bus driver charged with homicide by negligence in a January 2007 accident that took the life of a woman. The 52-year-old French nurse was driving a La Citroën on the Route de Florissant at 06:45 when the bus driver ran a red light, possibly going too fast, pushing her car several metres into a tree. She remained in a coma until her death six weeks later.

The driver admits responsibility and when questioned about running the red light said he was inattentive.

The two children of the woman, now 19 and 25, and her father testified Monday in a tense courtroom atmosphere, according to the Tribune. The driver reportedly says he was slow to take responsibility under instructions from his bosses at the TPG, who are expected to testify 15 June.

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