Elderly driver didn’t realise she had run over sister-in-law after fatal mistake in driveway car tragedy
Sean McCarthaigh
Updated: 30 Apr 2021, 15:16
AN elderly female motorist who had just parked outside her home in Dublin has no recollection of fatally running over her sister-in-law a few moments later, an inquest has heard.
Gardai believe the driver, Mary Fingleton, may have mistakenly put the transmission in her automatic vehicle into the “drive” position when she intended to reverse.
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The tragic mistake led to the death of Mabel Corry, 83Credit: Alamy
Her sister-in-law, Mabel Corry was killed when struck by a vehicle driven by Ms Fingleton as they arrived back from lunch together to Ms Fingleton’s home at Woodside Grove, Churchtown, Dublin on October 10, 2018.
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Gardaí believe the driver may have mistakenly put the transmission in her automatic vehicle into the “drive” position when she intended to reverse. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
An elderly motorist who had just parked outside her home in Dublin has no recollection of fatally running over her sister-in-law a few moments later, an inquest has heard.
Gardaí believe the driver, Mary Fingleton, may have mistakenly put the transmission in her automatic vehicle into the “drive” position when she intended to reverse.
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