Brothers survived crash that killed their cousin

TWO brothers who survived the worst school bus crash in Irish history yesterday spoke of their despair at the death of their cousin.

Wed, 25 May, 2005 - 01:00
John Breslin and Michael Brennan

Mark McCabe, 16, and his brother Sean, 14, were among 51 students travelling home from school in Navan, Co Meath, when their coach overturned at Casey’s Cross, Kentstown, yesterday afternoon.

Mark sustained ankle and shoulder injuries and Sean received severe bruising, but their 18-year-old cousin, Deirdre Scanlon, was one of five teenage girls to be killed in the crash.

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