A northern Victorian taxi driver who drove his car into a minibus, fatally injuring three Shepparton nursing home residents and injuring nine others, has been found guilty of dangerous driving charges. A jury has convicted Kialla taxi driver Jatinder Panesar of three charges of dangerous driving causing death, and two of dangerous driving causing serious injury. The minibus, which was carrying 12 passengers from a Shepparton nursing home, rolled after the collision at the intersection of Pyke and Turnbull roads at Ardmona in June 2017. Valerie McCubbin, 80, died at the scene, and two other residents, Doreen Emmanuelli, 95, and Theresa Tyndall, 91, later died in hospital. Panesar, 39, pleaded not guilty to six charges of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing serious injury. He was found not guilty of causing serious injury to Marion Gelatly who sustained retinal bleeding and multiple fractures to the face. Panesar has been remanded in custody and will appear in court again today for sentencing.
