Sujib Shak (33) Needed Bangladeshi Interpreter, So How Did He Have A Licence To Drive a Bus? Driver 'Swayed' Onto Hard Shoulder & Hit Pedestrian, Pausing Fatality. A BUS driver has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian on the N7 in Kildare last year. "Sujib Shak (33) residing at Orchard Court, Blackpool, Cork appeared before a sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court on Friday where he was arraigned for the charge of dangerous driving causing the death of Igor Soares on the eastbound section of the N7 at Kill, Co Kildare on November 1, 2025. The accused, who was working with Dublin Coach, pleaded guilty to the offence contrary to Section 53 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 through a Bengali interpreter. Mr Soares (31), an IT worker and native of Brazil, sustained fatal injuries in the collision which occurred between Junction 7 and Junction 8 at around 5:30pm. The victim, who had been living in Cork for over three years, was pronounced dead later that day at Tallaght University Hospital where he was brought by ambulance after being struck by a bus. Counsel for the DPP, Jordan Fletcher BL, asked Judge Elva Duffy to fix a sentencing date that would facilitate Mr Soares' family who are travelling to Ireland from Brazil for the court hearing. The judge directed that a victim impact statement be prepared and remanded Mr Shak on continuing bail to a sentencing date in early December. At a sitting of Naas District Court last December, Sergeant James Birmingham said the deceased was making a phone call when the bus "swayed into the hard shoulder." Sgt Birmingham said the accused had produced Irish and Bengali driving licences as well as an Italian identification card. An inquest into Mr Soares' death was adjourned at Dublin District Coroner's Court earlier this year after gardai confirmed that the DPP had directed a criminal prosecution should arise out of the circumstances of the fatal incident. The defendant was uninjured in the incident, while two passengers received non-life-threatening injuries. Mr Soares had been travelling from Cork at the time of the collision to visit his girlfriend, Luara Rocha, who was living in Dublin, to celebrate their first anniversary."