Man extradited from the US on a charge of dangerous driving causing death, appeared in Castlebar Court this morning Published: Thursday, 17 December 2020 11:57
A man extradited from the US overnight, appeared at Castlebar District Court this morning on a charge of dangerous driving causing death following a fatal car crash in Tourmakeady in 2017.
Francis Carr, Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo, was the driver of a car which was involved in a road crash some three and a half years ago which claimed the lives of his passengers, Orla O’Malley (18), Cross, Co. Mayo, and Sean Thomas Holleran (20), Clonbur, Co. Galway.
Orla O’Malley, a student nurse, was a back-seat passenger and Sean Halloran was in the front seat of a car which crashed into a wall at Churchfield, Tourmakeady, in the early hours of June 4, 2017.
Updated / Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
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Gardaí brought the accused to Castlebar, where he appeared before today s sitting of the District Court
A man in his 20s has been extradited from the United States to face a charge of dangerous driving causing death.
Francis Carr, with an address at Cappaghduff, Tourmakeady, Co Mayo, is alleged to have been the driver of a car which crashed in 2017, resulting in the deaths of two passengers.
18-year-old Orla O Malley, from Cross, Co Mayo, and Sean Thomas Halloran, a 20-year-old from Clonbur, Co Galway, were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a wall near Tourmakeady in June of that year.