Garda says Navan crash scene had an 'air of unreality'

A court has heard that the first garda who arrived on the scene of the crash in which five Meath schoolgirls were killed described it as having "an air of unreality" with children walking around screaming and talking on their mobile phones.

Sergeant Alf Martin who arrived at the scene four miles outside Navan within nine minutes of the accident said it was quite obvious that the five young girls trapped under the bus had lost their lives.