SYRACUSE -- A new lawyer was assigned for John Tomaszewski, the driver of a Megabus motor coach that crashed into the Onondaga Lake Parkway railroad bridge, killing four.
Tomaszewski was not in court for Monday morning's procedural matter. The case has been rescheduled for a pretrial hearing on July 21st.
The 60-year-old Tomaszewski, of Yardville, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty last month to criminally negligent homicide charges. His bus failed to clear a railroad bridge after he made a wrong turn off an interstate highway late at night just outside downtown Syracuse in September.
Tomaszewski's lawyer said he suffered a traumatic brain injury in the wreck. A prosecutor has said he talked with victims' families about whether to seek prison time if Tomaszewski pleads guilty or is convicted at trial.
The grand jury that indicted him also issued a sealed report on road conditions that contributed to the accident.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
