Driver dies after bus with 20 passengers onboard collides with ditch

A 55-year-old bus driver has died after the vehicle he was driving left the road and collided with a ditch in Moate, Co. Westmeath.

A 55-year-old bus driver has died and a number of his passengers were injured after the bus left the road and collided with a ditch in Moate, Co. Westmeath.

Around 20 passengers were on board the bus at the time. Some were taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.