Joseph Grech, 32, from Mqabba was charged with seriously injuring a nine-year-old girl and Arthur John Galea, the owner of the coach, when he crashed the bus he was driving into a coach on Siggiewi Road in Zebbug. Another four students and a teacher were slightly injured in the accident.
He was also charged with damaging the coach he crashed into, driving the bus at an excessive speed and breaching traffic regulations.
Inspector Maria Stella Cutajar prosecuted.