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Heart attack to blame for fatal crash, inquest told
14 Nov, 2011 12:28 PM
A Macedonian man on his way to a Wollongong church suffered a heart attack before crashing his car into a school bus full of children, a coronial inquest has heard.
Mirjana and Nove Paceskoski, aged in their 50s, were on their way to an Orthodox church in Wollongong when their car hit the bus carrying 37 students on Heathcote Rd at Lucas Heights on September 11, 2009.
Both were killed in the crash.
AAP reported that counsel assisting the inquest, Peggy Dwyer, said witnesses saw Mr Paceskoski trying to move his car into the left lane when it veered to the wrong side of the road and hit the bus.
"Nove suffered a major health incident like a heart attack," she told Glebe Coroners Court.
Ms Dwyer said witnesses saw him drop over the steering wheel before the collision.
At the time of the accident he was on four medications for heart disease.
"There is everything pointing to this being a terrible accident," Ms Dwyer said.
"There's nothing to suggest that (the pair) had nothing but love and respect for each other."
The bus driver suffered a broken wrist but none of the children were seriously hurt.
14 Nov, 2011 12:28 PM
A Macedonian man on his way to a Wollongong church suffered a heart attack before crashing his car into a school bus full of children, a coronial inquest has heard.
Mirjana and Nove Paceskoski, aged in their 50s, were on their way to an Orthodox church in Wollongong when their car hit the bus carrying 37 students on Heathcote Rd at Lucas Heights on September 11, 2009.
Both were killed in the crash.
AAP reported that counsel assisting the inquest, Peggy Dwyer, said witnesses saw Mr Paceskoski trying to move his car into the left lane when it veered to the wrong side of the road and hit the bus.
"Nove suffered a major health incident like a heart attack," she told Glebe Coroners Court.
Ms Dwyer said witnesses saw him drop over the steering wheel before the collision.
At the time of the accident he was on four medications for heart disease.
"There is everything pointing to this being a terrible accident," Ms Dwyer said.
"There's nothing to suggest that (the pair) had nothing but love and respect for each other."
The bus driver suffered a broken wrist but none of the children were seriously hurt.
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