Driver seen on video with cellphone before deadly 2016 bus crash: Prosecutors

New video played in court today shows the driver in a deadly 2016 bus crash with a cellphone in his hand, prosecutors say.

Johnthony Walker, 25, was driving a school bus when it crashed on Talley Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 21, 2016. Thirty-seven students were on the bus at the time of the crash; six died and many others were injured.

Walker is charged with 34 counts, including six counts of vehicular homicide. His trial began today and he has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor Crystle Carrion introduced three video clips from three different cameras on the school bus. One clip shows students getting on the bus prior to the crash, prosecutors say, adding that a cellphone can be seen in Walker’s hand.

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