<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A bus driver who fatally crushed a young woman on a city street during afternoon rush hour has been found guilty of careless driving causing death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tia Cameron, 18, was struck by a city council bus and pinned against a building just after 5pm on March 8, 2024 in Brisbane's CBD.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lindsay Francis Selby, 70, pleaded not guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to driving without due care or attention causing death.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ben-austin-young-cricketer-dies-after-training-accident-victoria/b55935be-0408-4938-a3e6-bb46b649c8b1" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Teen cricketer dies after training tragedy</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Aaron Simpson handed down his verdict today following Selby's one-day trial in September.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I find you guilty," Mr Simpson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cameron's family cried in court as Mr Simpson said he would adjourn the court before reading the lengthy reasons for his verdict later today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tia-cameron-death-lindsay-selby-brisbane-bus-driver-crash/0f61f260-7b8a-404c-a527-dd4ee42e1a6d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Selby did not visibly react and stood staring ahead.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Simpson previously heard conflicting arguments as to whether Selby was criminally inattentive or involved in a tragic accident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The prosecution had failed to prove their allegation that Selby did not brake as he had not seen a black SUV in front of him while he turned downhill, defence barrister Saul Holt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will just never know why he was unable to brake," Mr Holt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Selby told police after the crash he had thought he was "going to slam into four lanes of traffic".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was trying to stop and it's not stopping," Selby said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I moved the wheel across to the left and steered into the building. Unfortunately there was somebody in the way that I didn't see."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-busking-rule-changes-back-track/c70e1702-0cc3-4cf9-b2cf-6230d09cc636" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'We have not banned busking': Mayor responds to council rule backlash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both the prosecution and defence agreed Selby turned on a busy street and failed to apply the brakes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Selby swerved to the left before mounting a footpath at 23km/h and striking multiple pedestrians.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Simpson was shown CCTV footage of Selby turning the bus away from Brisbane's Central train station at an intersection before swerving onto the footpath.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Video from a security camera inside the bus then showed Selby steering with one hand in the seconds before the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A blameless accident was not the only explanation for Cameron's death, prosecutor Susan Hedge previously said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The other explanation was he was careless. People make mistakes. People make errors," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Selby should be found guilty as his conduct behind the wheel as a professional driver fell below the reasonable standard, Mr Simpson heard last month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There was no jury and Mr Simpson determined the verdict.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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