Gasps echoed across a court room filled with dozens of teens involved in a crash as they watched the moment a truck with faulty brakes ploughed into their school bus.

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Four young girls left with debilitating injuries and their loved ones spoke of physical and emotional trauma as the truck driver who caused the 2022 crash appeared on a screen mounted above them.

"Unfortunately, I remember every second of the impact," a girl who was aged 15 at the time, who cannot be identified, told a Melbourne court.

"I hear everyone's screams when I hear a truck on the road, smell diesel leaking out every time I'm on the bus.

"I can never forget the bodies

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