A Winnipeg Transit driver has been charged after one of his passengers was hit by the bus.
The 42-year old bus driver is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after the city bus he was driving hit an 84-year-old pedestrian on the Chief Peguis Trail Bridge on December 20th.
Police say the elderly man was injured while getting of the bus at a designated stop.
He suffered serious lower body injuries and was taken to hospital in critical condition.
The bus driver has been released on a promise to appear in court.
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