The appeal trial of the Millas tragedy began this Monday, October 7, 2024 before the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal. The victims of the accident want the bus driver, Nadine Oliveira, on trial for “homicide and involuntary injuries” to attend the entire three-week hearing and apologize. On December 14, 2017 in Millas, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, a terrible collision between a coach carrying schoolchildren and a train at a level crossing took the lives of six children. 17 other teenagers were injured, eight of them very seriously.
What did she expect from this first day of hearing of the appeal trial of the Millas tragedy in Aix-en-Provence? “Frankly nothing”explains Alicia on October 7, 2024. 7 years ago, on December 14, 2017, she was on the bus driven by Nadine Oliveira at the time of the accident. She was 13 years old.
What are his expectations for the next few days of hearings? “An apology. What I expect is an apology and nothing else. I want us to be recognized as victims and her guilty”she said.
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“I want her to be here the whole trial.”Alicia continues. During the first instance, in September 2022 in Marseille, the bus driver only attended the first days of the hearing. Victim of a heart attack, she did not reappear and the trial continued without her.
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Alicia and other civil parties are expected to testify this Wednesday, October 9 at the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal. The trial is scheduled to last 3 weeks until October 24, ending with the prosecution’s submissions and defense arguments.
At first instance, Nadine Oliveira, found guilty of “homicide and involuntary injuries”, was sentenced to five years in prison, four of which were suspended, or one year of home detention under an electronic bracelet. In addition to the cancellation of all his driving licenses and the ban on carrying out any activity related to the transport of people.
