Teen killed in hit-and-run lost friend in tragedy

THE teenager killed in a hit-and-run at the weekend was involved in a similar tragedy four years ago when his friend was struck by a bus on the same road.

Conor Hickey, 14, died in hospital on Saturday night after he was struck by a car in Cabra in north inner city Dublin on Friday evening.

It emerged yesterday that Conor had been with his friend, Padraig McGillivray, aged 10 at the time, in May 2007 when Padraig, who was on his bicycle, was struck by a double-decker bus on the Fassaugh Road in Cabra.