MAN'S SUICIDE BID CAUSED BUS DRIVER DEATH

Gordon, 23, killed in van smash horror

- CONNOR GORDON

A MAN who deliberately drove in front of a bus, killing the young driver, has been convicted of murder.

Callous David Livingstone, 44, who planned to take his own life after being dumped by his partner, played an online yes/no game before the fatal collision.

He then smashed his work's Transit van into the single-decker Stagecoach bus driven by Gordon Stirling, on the A77 near Fenwick, Ayrshire, in August 2023. The 23-year-old died while two passengers were hurt.

Livingstone was badly injured and appeared for trial at the High Court in Glasgow in a wheelchair. He repeatedly denied he was suicidal but had once spoken about taking his own life by driving into the path of a bus or lorry.