Pedestrian dies after Carndonagh accident

70 year old struck by car just yards from her home

A 70 year old woman knocked down in Carndonagh last evening, Monday, has died.

The married local woman was struck by a car near her home at Molly’s Brae, Churchtown, Carndonagh, shortly before 6pm and sustained serious head injuries.

She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry but died before midnight.

The driver of the car, a 40 year old man, was not injured.

The Buncrana Road in Carndonagh in closed as Garda forensic collision investigators are carrying out an examination of the area.

See Thursday’s Inishowen Independent for more details.

Damian Dowds

Damian studied at NUI Maynooth and worked with Intel Ireland on graduation. Followings stints as a civil servant in Leinster House, and with magazine publisher Ashville Media, he returned to Inishowen to set up the Inishowen Independent in 2007.

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