Traffic lights too close to bend in bus crash road, court hears

A motorist who witnessed the school bus crash that killed five school girls has said she thought the temporary traffic lights assisting road works on the Navan to Kentstown road were too close to a bend.

Traffic lights too close to bend in bus crash road, court hears

A motorist who witnessed the school bus crash that killed five school girls has said she thought the temporary traffic lights assisting road works on the Navan to Kentstown road were too close to a bend.

Ms Shirley Byrne said when she stopped at the lights, she left enough room between her black Jeep and the lorry in front of her so she could pull up beside it should something come around the bend behind her.

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