BOY,12, INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS PLUNGE; Fellow pupils are quizzed.Byline: By JIMMY CUNNINGHAM A 12-YEAR-old pupil received serious head injuries after falling out of the emergency exit on a school bus. Investigations have been launched by Bus Eireann, the Garda and the Health and Safety Authority after Theo Donnelly toppled from the coach. The incident is the last latest in a series of mishaps involving Bus Eireann's school run fleet. Surgeons at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital operated on the first-year Castleblayney VEC VEC Vector VEC Vancouver English Centre VEC Vocational Education Committee VEC Victorian Electoral Commission (Australia) VEC Vector Error Correction (exchange rates) student on Tuesday to stop bleeding inside his skull. Theo, from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, was recovering last night, surrounded by family and friends. Three students are helping gardai with their inquiries. Theo fell from the bus at Drumacrib near Oram, Co Monaghan, at 4.30pm on Monday. He was sitting next to the emergency door at the time of the incident. The bus is not believed to have been travelling at speed when the student was injured. The Leyland, 90-D-reg vehicle has been impounded while inspectors carry out an examination. A spokesman for Bus Eireann revealed the coach recently returned from the UK where it had been fitted with seatbelts. Fine Gael Fine Gael (fē`nə gāl), Irish political party. Formed in 1933, it was the successor of the party founded by William Cosgrave that held power from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until ousted by the republican Fianna road safety spokesman TD Shane McEntee Shane McEntee (born 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and Teachta Dála for Meath East. He was first elected in a by-election in 2005. Shane McEntee was born in the town of Nobber in County Meath, and has lived their all his life. said the "second incident this week involving a child on a bus is extremely disturbing". On Wednesday, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern demanded Bus Eireann's school fleet be independently examined after five serious bus incidents in the past year. His call came after 30 teenagers escaped death when their vehicle burst into flames near Athboy, Co Meath, on Monday morning. Six children have been killed in five serious school bus incidents over the past year. Last month, teenager Michael White There are multiple public figures named Michael White or Mike White, including:
In May 2005, five schoolgirls died when their bus crashed near Kentstown, Co Meath. Just one month later, in June, another bus was destroyed by fire near Garristown, Co Meath. news@irishmirror.ie CAPTION(S): SKULL OP: Beaumont hospital |
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