Woman on trial over deaths of niece and nephew in crash
Vera Murden, aged 40, of Fatima Court, Dundalk, Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of her niece, Jenna Murden, aged 4, and her nephew Jayden Murden, aged 1, who was a brother of Jenna.
Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court yesterday heard they were 2 of 5 children travelling with her in a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV which left the road and crashed into the wall of a former pub at the junction of Maxwell Row and Newry bridge in Dundalk. The accident happened just before 4pm on the January 31, 2009. Jenna died on February 24 and Jayden died on March 10.
