Escooter collided with bus in crash on Cork Road on Thursday morning
Gilbert Collins , the driver of the scooter, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the R680 Cork Road, afterGarda sources said the cause of the crash was not yet established and it would take some time to determine what had happened. One local source said it was understood the pair were returning home from an all-night gym when the collision occurred.
Gilbert was from the Ardmore Park area of the city, and attended St Paul’s Community College in Lisduggan. It is understood that the teenagers were involved in local schoolboy football clubs in the city. Cllr Joe Kelly, mayor of Waterford city, expressed condolences to the families of the deceased, describing the incident as a “tragedy”.
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