Grand Jury Fails to Indict Tour Bus Driver
A Dallas grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a casino tour bus that crashed on a Dallas-area highway, leaving three people dead.
According to court records, Lloyd Rieve was charged with negligent homicide in a crash last April during which he swerved off a North Texas highway and struck a concrete barrier. The crash killed three and injuring more than 40 of the people on the bus.
The Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the case and referred it to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office, which confirmed the grand jury’s finding on Wednesday.
Even though the driver in this case was not held to be criminally negligent, he still faces substantial civil charges. Rieve will still face more than a dozen civil lawsuits in connection with the crash. Most of these are scheduled to go to trial later this year.
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