Parents call for more road tests in bus crash probe

THE parents of one of the five girls killed in the Navan school bus crash yesterday appealed to Meath County Council to allow an independent inquiry carry out more tests on the road to find out exactly what caused the accident.

An independent inquiry set up to investigate the cause of the Ireland’s worst school bus crash, in which 46 students were also injured, was due to report this week.

But Bus Éireann confirmed yesterday that the inquiry chairman, Assistant Garda Commissioner Jim McHugh, has asked for the publication of the report to be delayed by a month because the investigation was taking longer than expected.