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Thu 03 Mar 2007Driver in fatal crash says brake made bus quiverThe driver of the Bus Éireann school bus that crashed, killing five schoolgirls in Co Meath, has said that if the warning light for the anti-lock braking system (ABS) had come on he would have pulled in and contacted the garage.John Hubble (57) told Trim Circuit Criminal Court that the bus "quivered" when he first pressed the brakes as he approached road resurfacing works on the Kentstown road near Navan on May 23rd, 2005.