Children among 12 injured in crash involving school bus

Eight children were among 12 injured in a serious crash involving a school bus and a lorry in Co Kilkenny on Thursday morning.

Emergency services were alerted to the crash on the N77 at Ardloo shortly after 10.20am.

The driver of the lorry, a man in his 40s, was airlifted to Tallaght University Hospital with serious injuries.

The bus driver, a man in his 50s, was removed to Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Eight children and two adult passengers on the bus were taken by ambulance to St Lukes General Hospital, Kilkenny. Their injuries are described as not life-threatening.

Traffic diversions are in place and the scene is currently being examined by Garda forensic collision investigators.

Gardai in Kilkenny are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.