Bus driver hailed a hero after saving pensioners

A bus driver has been hailed a hero after his driving skills helped to save the lives of more than 50 elderly people who were on a pensioners’ outing.

Bernard McGuinness who owns the bus, said there was no doubt his driver Francis McKelvey saved lives when he swerved into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision with a car in Co Donegal on Saturday evening.

The passengers — most aged between 70 and 80 — were treated as a precaution in Letterkenny General Hospital after the collision at Castleogry, Killybegs.