Hit-and-run driver spoke to gardaí at crash scene

The driver in a hit and run which caused the death of a 14-year-old boy returned and spoke to gardaí before leaving the scene.

Ruadhan Tracey claimed at Dublin Coroner’s Court he had the green light when he struck Conor Hickey from Saint Attracta Road in Cabra, Dublin 7, at a junction on Fassaugh Road on December 2, 2011. Conor suffered a fatal head injury and died the following day at Temple St Hospital.

Mary Fenlon, who was waiting at the junction behind another car, said Conor had the green light to cross the road and had just stepped onto it when a silver car “came out of nowhere” and struck him.