Driver in fatal crash ‘didn’t think bus in bad condition’

The driver involved in a fatal school bus crash has told a court he had not realised the bus was in bad condition and that his own children took the bus.

Ger Buckley was speaking on day three of the trial of Offaly bus company owners Raymond and Ruairi McKeown, who face charges of failing to maintain the bus under health and safety law.

The packed bus went out of control and flipped over during a school run on Apr 4, 2006. Michael White, aged 15, died after suffering “catastrophic injuries” in the crash.