April 19, 2025
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A bus driver who crashed his double-decker bus into a bridge, killing 17 passengers, has been jailed.

Jessica Jing Ren, 36, died 11 days after the bus, which was going to Swansea University, hit a bridge on Neath Road on 21 March 2024.

Eric Vice, 64, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Swansea Crown Court.

He was sentenced to two years and six months.

Ms Ren had been on the front row of the upper deck of the bus and was on her phone at the time of the crash, the court heard.

She was a visiting academic at the university’s accounting and finance department from Huanghuai University in China, where she had a five-year-old son with her husband, who is also a lecturer.

Prosecutor Carina Hughes said the crash left trapped passengers covered in debris and forced to crouch down in the flattened upper deck while they waited to be rescued.

Olympic gold medallist and 400m hurdles world record holder Kevin Young, who was studying at the university, saw Ms Ren hit the front windscreen.

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