Driving youth tried to mow me down, says garda

A garda has told how she feared for her life as a speeding car with a 16-year-old youth at the wheel tried to mow her down when she was on foot patrol in Limerick.

Driving youth tried to mow me down, says garda

Garda Niamh Keogh told Limerick Circuit Court: “When he started driving towards me I thought I would be killed or seriously injured. I feared for my life. The vehicle was coming straight towards me.”

Garda Keogh said she was saved by jumping behind a pillar.

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