11-year-old’s mum dies in car crash

An 11-year-old girl is this morning coming to terms with the death of her mother just days before Christmas.

Valerie O’Donovan, 32, died after the car in which she was a front-seat passenger crashed at 2am yesterday at Manch Middle, Ballineen, West Cork.

The car hit a telegraph pole at a notorious accident blackspot in the area — leaving Ms O’Donovan’s daughter facing a Christmas Eve nightmare.