Michael Gill, aged 55, from Kenagh, Co Longford, died after the bus he was driving left the road and collided with a ditch in the townland of Killogeenaghan, Moate at around 5.30pm.
Moving tributes have been paid to a Bus Eireann driver who tragically lost his life following a road crash in Co Westmeath on Wednesday.
"Michael was a good old character and was extremely well got," he said, while revealing how his fellow parishioner was no stranger to the local sports scene. His former boss, Liam Farrelly, told of how he even tried to lure him back into the fold as recently as last week.
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