Garda killed in crash travelling home from duty

A garda sergeant died yesterday after crashing his car on his way home from work on a dual carriageway in Co Wicklow.

The death of the sergeant, named locally as Fergal McHugh, 49, brought to three the number of people who were killed on the country’s roads over the bank holiday weekend — half the number who died during the same weekend last year.

The sergeant, who was stationed in Arklow, became the 36th person to die on Irish roads so far this year when he crashed at around 8am yesterday at Kiladreenan, Newtownmountkennedy, on the northbound section of the N11 between exit 12 and exit 13.