Family’s grief for hit-and-run victim ‘unbearable pain’

The mother of a 25-year-old Frenchman, killed in Ireland by a hit-and-run driver who later fled the country, has spoken publicly for the first time of the pain his death has caused, and thanked the people who supported her family.

On Oct 31, Gabriel Lege was knocked down by a white Ford Transit-type van as he was walking over a pedestrian crossing in Cork City centre.

Mr Lege, who had lived in Ireland for almost three years, was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.