Joyrider involved in taxi crash loses battle for life
Edward Gavin, 16, died following the horrific crash on Dublin's Ballybough Road where he lived with his mother Ann and her parents.
Gavin had been on a life support machine at St James' Hospital since the crash last Saturday morning. At 10.30am yesterday his life support machine was turned off.
Gavin was the back seat passenger in the stolen 91D Honda Integra which careered into the taxi driven by Robert McGowan at the junction of Ballybough Road and Portland Row, in the north inner city.
McGowan, 30, a father-of-one, from Drimnagh, died instantly after his Nissan Primera was hit at high speed and catapulted into the air .
It was initially reported that Gavin was the son of crime boss Brian Meehan, second in command in the John Gilligan drug gang.
However, it emerged that Meehan, serving life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, was not the father, although he did once have a relationship with Gavin's mother.
Two other joyriders, both aged 16, who were in the Honda were charged on Monday in relation to the incident. The youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were remanded in custody at the Dublin Children's Court.
Teenager A was charged under Section 112 of the Road Traffic Act for the unlawful taking and using of a mechanically propelled vehicle without the owner's consent.
The court heard that there would be "more serious charges" put to the boy and he was denied bail.
Teenager B was charged with unlawful carriage in a mechanically propelled vehicle without the owner's consent.
Bail was denied on the grounds that a number of bench warrants were in existence for his arrest.
They were both remanded to Cloverhill Prison to appear before the court again on January 20.
No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral of Mr McGowan.
