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Queensland truck driver who caused death of bus driver reduces jail time on appeal
A 68-year-old truck driver whose vehicle collided with a bus on a sweeping bend south of Brisbane killing the driver will walk free after a successful appeal against his sentence.
Ronald Trevor Gallaty was handed down a three-year jail sentence last year, but it was to be suspended after he served 12 months.
The Queensland Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered instead that he receive a three-year prison sentence suspended immediately.
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