A WOMAN died after being flung in the air by a parked bus outside a packed train station, a court heard.
Melissa Burr, 32, suffered multiple injuries when she was dragged under the vehicle at London Victoria in August 2021.
Driver Olusofa Popoola, 60, allegedly hit the accelerator instead of the brake and smashed into the parked bus.
The stationary vehicle then hit Melissa as she crossed the road in front of it.
She was flung up in the air, while the driver of that bus, Diane Mathuranayagum, was thrown out the door by the force, it is said.
The Old Bailey was told a passenger was thrown to the ground and suffered minor injuries.
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Prosecutor Robert Evans said: "The parked bus lurched forward. It hit Ms Burr, who was propelled up and forward. The people behind her jumped backwards out of the way.
"The driver of the parked bus, Ms Mathuranayagum, was thrown out of the door of the parked bus and on to the pavement.
"The driverless parked bus continued to go forward, it ran over Ms Burr who ended up under the bus and she very sadly died as a consequence of the multiple injuries that she received."
Popoola said at the scene he was in the process of stopping when his "foot slipped off the brake and on to the accelerator" and he collided with the bus in front, jurors heard.
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In a later, prepared statement, he said: "I felt a big collision out of nowhere. I think out of a shock, I may have applied my accelerator more firm instead of the brake. I think I believed that I was pressing the brake.
"I think I pressed the brake eventually to bring my vehicle to a stop but the collision had already taken place. I was in a state of shock. I could not believe what had happened.
"I remained seated for around a minute. I did not think anyone was hurt, just that I had caused damage to the vehicles."
A crash investigator concluded Popoola continued to apply the accelerator after the crash before finally using the handbrake to stop.
Data found he was travelling at around 8mph at the point of impact and reached a peak speed moments before of 10mph.
Mr Evans told jurors: "The prosecution does not say that the defendant drove dangerously deliberately, but his intentions are neither here nor there."
Popoola, who had been driving buses for 20 years, denies causing death by dangerous driving and seriously injuring the other bus driver.
The trial continues.
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