Company pleads guilty to one charge in Meath bus crash case

One of the companies on trial for breaches of the Health and Safety Act arising from the investigation into a fatal bus crash causing the death of five Meath schoolgirls in 2005 has pleaded guilty to a new charge.

Sonya Kelly, company secretary, pleaded guilty on behalf of Keltank Ltd of Balbriggan, that being aware that ABS sensor leads were disconnected it failed to ensure whether a hazard arose before returning the bus to the driver, Mr John Hubble, on May 5, 2005.