Drunk driver, 20, escapes jail after unborn baby dies

A judge yesterday told a 20-year-old motorist that his drunk and dangerous driving caused “the death of an unborn baby” of a pregnant garda.

David Judge drove a car so fast along a 2.7m-wide country road that it came over a bridge airborne and crashed into a Garda car.

Three gardaí were injured, Sligo District Court was told. One was off-duty for four months, a second for a considerable period, and Garda Michelle Conroy, who was pregnant, later suffered a miscarriage and was off work for six months. Garda Conroy also sustained neck injuries.