Man, 80, hurt in Skibb hit and run

GARDAÍ have arrested the driver of a stolen van involved in a hit and run crash in Co Cork which left an 80-year-old man in a serious condition in hospital.

Man, 80, hurt in Skibb hit and run

Gardaí said the white Ford Transit van was being used to make deliveries to businesses in Ballydehob village when it was stolen at around 9.50am yesterday morning.

It was taken by a 47-year-old man who drove it along the N71 to Skibbereen, where it was involved in a collision with a Suzuki jeep whose occupants were an 80-year-old man and his wife.

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