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Bus Driver Not Guilty in Deadly '11 Crash

Bronx court clears driver of crash that killed 15 people.

Several news outlets are reporting that Ophadell Williams, 41, has been found not guilty of 53 of 54 felony charges stemming from a fatal bus crash on Interstate 95 in May 2011. 

A jury in State Supreme Court in the Bronx found Williams, who was driving the bus at time of the crash, guilty of one misdemeanor charge: aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Fifteen passengers were killed in the crash. It took place near border of the Bronx and Westchester County. 

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