‘Miracle nobody was killed’

BEING stuck in traffic probably saved the lives of motorists yesterday when an empty school bus careered across a busy road before plunging into a river in Co Limerick.

The 53-seater bus was moving at 40 miles an hour without its driver and travelled nearly 200 yards before ending up in the Arra river in Newcastlewest at 7.30am yesterday.

Fortunately, motorists were stuck at traffic lights when the runaway bus passed them in the busy town.