Trial of Luas involved in O'Connell Street crash begins

A Luas driver charged in connection with the incident when the tram and a double-decker bus were in collision at O'Connell Street in Dublin, was sent forward for trial before a judge and jury.

Oriyomi Emmanuel (aged 37) of Jamestown Park, Rathoath, Co Meath had been charged in June at Dublin District Court with dangerous driving of a Luas tram in a manner including speed, which was dangerous to the public and caused serious bodily harm to a woman named Suzanne Cribbon, on September 16 last.