Woman’s death in bus collision is sixth fatality on same road

A woman killed when her car collided with a bus in Donegal was the sixth person to die on the same stretch of road in recent years.

Siobhan Hutcheon from Ardmore Manor in Muff was killed instantly when her car was in collision with a Bus Éireann coach on Saturday afternoon. Three children in the car were rushed to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry and two are understood to be in a stable but critical condition.

The accident happened just after 3.30pm on Saturday on the N13 between Letterkenny and Newtowncunningham, close to the townland of Ardee.