Family pleads: Don’t classify death as accident

The family of a teacher killed by a dangerous driver who had downed six pints of beer asked a coroner not to say her death was as a result of a road accident.

Marie O’Donnell, 51, was killed instantly when a car crashed head-on into her when she was returning home from a wedding anniversary party in Co Donegal.

The driver, Damien Meehan, had drunk six pints of beer and had a row with his girlfriend before getting behind the wheel on Aug 11, 2010.