Victim of hit-and-run lucky to be alive

A PEDESTRIAN was lucky to escape with his life after he was the victim of a hit-and-run near one of the country’s largest garda stations.

The man was hit by a van at Old Station Road, near Anglesea Street Garda Station in, Cork — the headquarters for the southern region.

Such was the force of the impact that the victim, believed to be in his 30s, was thrown onto the bonnet of the van and hit off the windscreen before being thrown to the ground.