Man due in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving of three minibus passengers in Cambridgeshire

A man will appear in court on Saturday (January 30) charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving after a minibus crash in Cambridgeshire claimed the lives of three elderly passengers.

Bogdan Ksiazek, 43, of Sycamore Close, Towcester, Northamptonshire, is also charged with eight counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and has been remanded in custody ahead of tomorrow’s hearing.

The crash happened at about 4.50pm on Thursday November 14, 2019, when a white Mercedes minibus was involved in a collision with a black Volkswagen Golf on the B1040 Somersham Road at Bluntisham.

Three minibus passengers - Richard Kenworthy, 72, of Judith Road, Kettering, Margaret Henwood, 85, of Foxlease Road, Bedford, and Barbara McGruer, 86, of Trent Road, Bedford - died as a result.

Eighteen people, aged between 60 and 80, were taken to hospital.

They were returning from a trip to Ely Christmas market.