Limerick schoolboy settles action over school bus crash

It was claimed the schoolboy had suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after the incident

It was claimed that the bus (pictured here on the day of the crash) in which Kyle was traveling on February 7, 2018, crossed the road into oncoming traffic, collided with a fence, an oncoming car and an ESB pole before ending up in a ditch. Photo: Press 22

A schoolboy who it was claimed suffered PTSD after the school bus he was in swerved into oncoming traffic and flipped over into a ditch after the driver fell unconscious at the wheel has settled his High Court action for €40,000.

Kyle Mullins was almost 13 years of age and on the way to school when the accident occurred in the townland of Caherconlish, Co. Limerick, three years ago. More than 30 students and two adults were taken to hospital after the incident on February 7, 2018.