Bus driver fined for breaking a passenger's leg after sudden departure while passenger was getting off - South Korean report

A bus driver in his 60s who injured passengers by starting his bus without waiting for them to get off was fined. The Cheongju District Court on the 11th fined him for the crime under the Special Act on Traffic Accidents.
Defendant A, a city bus driver in his 60s who was indicted on charges of assault, was given a fine of 5 million won (approximately 548,000 yen).
On January 25, defendant A parked a bus at a bus stop in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.
He was later indicted on suspicion of leaving the bus without closing the door, causing injury to B, who had gotten off the bus. B fell onto the road and suffered a fracture that required four weeks of healing.
The court ruled that "the defendant, as a bus driver, did not exercise his duty of care to check whether passengers had completely disembarked, and
"The defendant has a history of similar offenses," and the court handed down a guilty verdict. "Taking into consideration the seriousness of the injury to the victim, the fact that it cannot be said that there was consent, and the fact that the defendant has admitted his own responsibility,
The court ruled that the sentence was decided based on this.