James Larkin Road, Raheny, Dublin 5 on Wednesday, March 4
Kilbarrack Rd meets coast rd there’s a pumping station & no wall for CoCo vehicles access (junction pic). James Larkin rd begins AFTER Howth Rd turns into Raheny up to junction with Bull Island / Dollymount causeway. Medical condition to make that mistake yet stay on it for 1km pic.twitter.com/AtSGrpmSDW
— Damien McGettrick (@McGettrickDamo) March 5, 2020
Wednesday evening.
A woman in her 30s died following a road crash in Raheny, Dublin 5. The pedestrian was struck by a van after it mounted the path along the James Larkin Road shortly after 7pm.
Derek writes:
Lots of conflicting stories about this incident much of it probably rubbish….That the van had travelled for at least a km and that there were more injuries [than have been reported]. Any of your readers know what actually happened?
Anyone?
Previously: Pedestrian dies after being struck by van in Dublin (RTÉ)
Jogger killed after being hit by van in Dublin (Irish Times)
Pic via Roy
Dreadful tragedy. RIP to the lady concerned and condolences to those around her.
A man killed a woman using a van. He was driving along a stretch of footpath and cycle way that’s behind a wall. He drove for at least 1km on this pathway. There are reports of people having to jump out of the way as he drove along it.
He has not been arrested.
Thanks, Oisin, very odd.
Why the need for this post?
Don’t the posted articles state the facts known to hand?
The family and friends of this poor woman don’t need further wild speculation lads.
There’s enough of it doing the rounds on social media.
Agreed. This sucks.
I think this is dangerous territory to go – and deeply disrespectful. Today is not the day,
If the usual lobbies start on about cycle paths today you’ll know how how they care…
Just shut it today.
The reason it is being discussed is that this incident happened on one of the only segregated cycle paths in the city, that a driver could drive along it mistakenly for 1km suggests serious issues not with the cycle path but with the driver (whether incompetence or malice) and as such it is not surprising that people are discussing the fact that the driver has not been arrested pending investigations
Shut it.
+1 @Donal.
That’s not a ‘road crash’
Do we really need a post for idle speculation barely a day after this women’s death? Very distasteful
Agreed.
Rest in peace, dear lady, and my sincere condolences to your family. I am sure you will be missed.
The Van travelled 650m along the cycle track and walkway.
Wasn’t on RTÉ TV news somehow.
She was killed while jogging on the footpath, not the cycle path. Awful tragedy, RIP.