Driver of stolen car charged with manslaughter

THE driver of a stolen car which crashed into a motorway embankment has been charged with the manslaughter of a teenage friend who died following the accident.

Driver of stolen car charged with manslaughter

Mark McKenna, aged 23, of 16 Glenaan Road, Whitehall, Dublin is accused of the unlawful killing of Darragh Carroll, aged 16, from Carrickmines, Co Dublin who suffered fatal injuries in the late night smash on the northbound carriageway of the M50 at Edmonstown near Carrickmines on January 18 last.

He was also charged with dangerous driving causing death, three counts of dangerous driving on different stretches of road around the area on the same night, and with driving without a licence or insurance.

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