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Driver gives her version:
Today Miss Burte claimed she was mistreated by bus company Metroline, which runs more than 1,000 buses in the capital, following the accident. Metroline denies the allegations.
She said: "I remember everything about the accident. I heard a bang and a scraping noise. I heard a tiny little female scream. I got out and saw her under the bus. I felt helpless."
She claimed Metroline offered her no counselling or legal advice. "I went back to the garage and wrote a statement, then they suspended me. Eleven days later they came to my house to tell me she had died. I broke down.
"I always knew in my heart that it wasn't my fault but I felt so guilty. I think about it every single day.
"I went into the office and they told me they had seen the CCTV and that I was at fault. I was treated like a murderer. They told me I was sacked and to give back my uniform."
Miss Burte, from Wembley, said the company gave her no assistance. "Metroline didn't offer me counselling,' she claimed. "They didn't even give me a leaflet telling me where I might be able to get help."
She added: "I visited a doctor and told him I wanted to get in my car and drive off a bridge. The only thing that kept me going was my five-year-old son."
A spokesman for Metroline said: "Ms Burte was offered counselling through the company's employee assistance programme, and access to legal information is also always available from the employee assistance programme.
"It is company policy in such matters that a thorough investigation is conducted. We can confirm this was the case with Ms Burte. We can also confirm a disciplinary process was initiated and a hearing was conducted."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23938122-i-heard-a-bang-a-scraping-noise-and-a-tiny-little-female-scream-bus-driver-cleared-over-cyclists-death-says-crash-will-always-live-with-her.do
I know the CCTV is trained on the standing area near the driver, but footage doesn't seem to have been played in court, which seems strange as it appears to show the driver was at blame.