Waterford teen found dead in stream after chase by gardaí, inquest hears

A teenager was found face down in a stream minutes after being chased by gardaí who were investigating an assault in which a garda superintendent was struck on the head with a bottle, an inquest has heard.

Jamie Ducey, 18, from Abbeyside in Dungarvan died from drowning in a stream near the Sea Park housing estate shortly after midnight on May 15 last year.

Yesterday’s inquest in Dungarvan heard he had three times the legal driving limit of alcohol in his blood stream at the time.