Three buses observed cutting fatal crash corner, expert tells trial

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a forensic collision investigator gave evidence that at least three Dublin Bus vehicles were observed cutting the corner at a junction where a fatal collision occurred in 2014. Osborn Irabor, aged 58, of French Park, Tyrrelstown, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to careless driving causing the death of Mary White on November 17, 2014. The cyclist was struck by a bus at a T-junction on Burlington Road when the vehicle turned right. Ms White suffered serious head injuries and died two days later. Expert witnesses disagreed on whether the corner-cutting constituted a breach of traffic regulations. A defence expert testified that the road layout required any bus stopped at the yield line to cut across the centre line. A Garda sergeant maintained that no junction should be cut and disputed the findings. The trial continues.