Tour Bus Driver Charged in Crash
The Mono County district attorney’s office filed a 45-count criminal complaint today against Ernst A. Klimeck, the driver of the ill-fated Starline tour bus that crashed last May 30 into the Walker River. Twenty-one elderly Santa Monica and Los Angeles residents perished in the crash.
The complaint charges Klimeck with felony and misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter as well as a number of vehicle code infractions. Klimeck’s attorney said the driver will plead not guilty to the charges when he surrenders for arraignment Jan. 26.
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