No prosecution over death of Waterford schoolgirl struck by wing mirror after getting off bus

First-year student was seriously injured when she was hit by the side mirror of a passing vehicle as she was dropped off by a school bus and died three months later, inquest told

Opening of an inquest into the young girl’s death at Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard she never regained consciousness after an accident near her home over three months earlier. 

No criminal prosecution is to arise out of the death of a young Co Waterford student who suffered fatal injuries after being struck by the wing mirror of a van as she got off a school bus, an inquest has heard.

Aisling Kennedy, 13, of Glasha, Ballymacarbry, Co Waterford, died at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin on July 12, 2022.