Garda chased stolen car before fatal crash

A YOUNG man and a teenage girl who sustained fatal injuries when the stolen car in which they were travelling spun out of control and struck a lamppost were involved in three other collisions and were chased at high speed by a Garda patrol car prior to the fatal incident, an inquest heard yesterday.

John Kinlan, 21, of Ballygall Parade, Finglas, and Amy Kinsella, 18, of Annesley Close, Ballybock, died of multiple injuries when the black Honda Civic in which they were travelling crashed at Dublin’s Annesley Bridge Road, Fairview, on the morning of May 20, 2006, a double-inquest at Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard.

Mr Kinlan, who was the driver of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital that morning due to critical chest and abdomen injuries, while Ms Kinsella, a back seat passenger, died at the Mater Hospital three days later from critical head injuries.