Gardaí: Hit-and-run van driver has fled country

Gardaí say the hit-and-run driver who killed a young Frenchman in Cork City has fled the country.

A senior garda has confirmed they know the identity of the driver of a white Ford Transit-type van which hit Gabriel Jean Lege, 25, while he was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing at George’s Quay on Halloween night.

Supt Barry McPolin, who is leading the Garda investigation, said the man they are pursuing is Irish, from Cork, and in his early 30s.