Jury begins deliberations over Waterford e-scooter deaths

Bus driver denies dangerous driving causing deaths of two teenage boys

Gilbert Collins and Avuzwa Sampo: Returning from an early-morning gym session when the e-scooter they were riding was hit by a bus on the Cork Road in Waterford just after 2am on June 27, 2024.

A jury has begun deliberation in the case of a bus driver charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of two teenagers who were riding an e-scooter in Waterford.

Bus driver Adrian Doyle, aged 43, of Ard Glas, Abbey Road, Ferrybank, Co Waterford, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of Gilbert Collins, 15, of 16 Ardmore Park, Ballybeg, Co Waterford, and Avuzwa Sampo, 17, of 7 Crystal Mews, Court Road, Co Waterford.