A bus driver who killed seven passengers when he fell asleep at the wheel and drove off a bridge into a river has been jailed for six years.
Judges at Oktyabrsky District Court in St. Petersburg, Russia, heard that driver Rakhmatshukh Kurbonov had been "exhausted" when his bus plunged into the icy water.
During the horror crash five months ago (May) Kurbonov's bus crashed into two cars and through safety barriers into the 10-foot-deep Moika River.
Video: NewsX
Judges at Oktyabrsky District Court in St. Petersburg, Russia, heard that driver Rakhmatshukh Kurbonov had been "exhausted" when his bus plunged into the icy water.
During the horror crash five months ago (May) Kurbonov's bus crashed into two cars and through safety barriers into the 10-foot-deep Moika River.
Video: NewsX
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