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Bus driver acquitted in deadly I-95 crash

Ophadell Williams, who was behind the wheel in

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Ophadell Williams, who was behind the wheel in the March 2011 bus crash that killed 15 people, is surrounded by family and court security as he walks out of State Supreme Court in the Bronx. (Dec. 7, 2012)

A tour bus driver charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for being behind the wheel in a Bronx crash that killed 15 people was acquitted of nearly all charges Friday.

Following two months of testimony, jurors in State Supreme Court in the Bronx found Ophadell Williams not guilty of 53 of 54 charges. He was convicted only of a single misdemeanor count of aggravated unlicensed...

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