School bus tragedies are first officially recorded for six years

THE Meath schoolgirls are the first recorded fatalities involving children on school buses since 1998.

School bus tragedies are first officially recorded for six years

The tragedy brings to 18 the number of children killed in school bus accidents since 1994.

Before the crash near Kentstown on Monday, statistics by the Department of Education show there have been no recorded deaths of children on school buses for the past six years.

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