Nine people, including six children, had to be rushed to hospital this morning after a crash between a school bus and a car.
The incident happened just after 8am today in the rural area of Ardvarna, Ahane, Co Limerick.
It is understood that one of the passengers in the bus managed to exit the vehicle and run to a nearby house to raise the alarm.
The injuries are described as ‘serious’ but non life-threatening.