Garda could be charged after crash victim dies

A GARDA could face charges following the death in hospital yesterday of an elderly woman seriously injured when she was knocked down by a squad car last month.

An investigation has been under way since the accident happened on May 22 but the files will now be reviewed and any charges under consideration may be upgraded.

Mary Seavers, who was 74, was standing near a bus shelter on Clonskeagh Road in Dublin, a residential area between Donnybrook and University College Dublin, when she was struck. The patrol car mounted the pavement almost at right angles and ploughed through the bus shelter. The badly hurt woman was rushed to nearby St Vincent’s Hospital suffering severe crush injuries but was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital where she remained in a critical condition until her death.