Investigators are continuing to examine the scene after a bus left the road and collided with a ditch near Moate yesterday.
Gardaí will begin to interview witnesses to a fatal bus crash in Westmeath in next few days.
Investigators are continuing to examine the scene, after a bus left the road and collided with a ditch near Moate yesterday evening at around 5.30pm.
The driver died and a number of passengers were injured in the incident.
Bus Éireann are thanking emergency services for their assistance, and are expressing their sympathies to the friends and families of the 55-year-old man who died in the crash.
Read More: Bus Éireann Release Statement Following Fatal Midlands Bus Crash
Local Fine Gael Councillor Tom Farrell says he's deeply sorry for the family and friends of the driver:
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