Glenn Crebbin: Ulladulla bus driver to fight charges after Zoie Bell’s tragic death

A bus driver is fighting charges related to a crash that killed a beautiful teenager outside her south coast school in front of her peers.

A bus driver charged over the tragic death of Ulladulla teenager Zoie Bell will fight driving charges stemming from her death.

Glenn Arthur Crebbin, 62, did not appear in person at Milton Local Court on Thursday, where his lawyers pleaded not guilty, on his behalf, to negligent driving causing death and failure to stop at a line.

Crebbin, of Narawallee on the south coast, was driving a white Volvo bus when it hit and killed Zoie, 14, on South St, near the corner of St Vincent St, outside Ulladulla High School in July last year.

Zoie Bell tragically died outside her school in Ulladulla in 2020. Picture: Instagram

She was remembered as a “bright and bubbly” teenager, and her death prompted an outpouring of grief in the tight-knit south coast town.

On Thursday, Zoie’s parents Karina and Aaron told the south coast News they “hoped for justice” for their little girl.

Aaron and I are disappointed that nine months after Zoie’s death, there is still not even a pedestrian crossing at the Ulladulla High School,” Karina said.

“Without a crossing and traffic lights, it is only a matter of time before another innocent child (could get hurt).”

Flowers left at the front of Ulladulla High School following Zoie’s death.

About a dozen students were aboard the bus when it hit Zoie, and paramedics’ attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.

The school’s principal, Denise Crofts, said at the time: “It’s really been an outpouring of sympathy, kindness for all of us.”

Police at the time said Crebbin was breath tested at the scene, as part of normal protocols, and returned a negative test.

Crebbin was charged on Christmas Eve last year, following a months-long investigation.

Police were ordered to serve Crebbin’s lawyers with a brief of evidence by mid May, and will return to court for another administrative hearing on May 27.