Bus driver convicted in casino bus crash

COLUSA, Calif.—A Stockton bus driver has been convicted of 11 counts of gross vehicular manslaughter for a deadly crash in Colusa County last year.

After deliberating for about three hours Thursday, jurors convicted Quintin Watts of the manslaughter charges, as well as 21 counts of great bodily injury.

Watts was behind the wheel of a bus carrying 41 mostly elderly Hmong and Mien immigrants to the Colusa Casino Resort when the bus left a rural road and rolled over.

Authorities say Watts apparently dozed off at the wheel, leading to the crash.

Watts is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 4

Colusa County District Attorney John Poyner says the 53-year-old Watts is facing up to 76 years in prison.

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