‘I don’t think I would forget a single detail’

A mother said she would not forget a single detail of the day that her two-year-old daughter died after a road traffic collision involving a 40ft articulated truck.

Patrick Corcoran, with an address at Castlefarm Stud, Narraghmore, Athy, Co Kildare, pleaded not guilty at Waterford Circuit Court to careless driving. It is the State’s case that the 49-year-old truck driver drove without due care or attention, thereby causing the death of Daenerys Crosbie-Callaghan on November 18, 2014, at Manor St.

Carole Anne Crosbie told barrister for the State, David Humphries, she was late for work and her daughter was late for her first day of crèche, as the first bus was full. She was just a few feet away from the crèche on Manor St when she tried to cross the road. Ms Crosbie said traffic was still on her side when she stepped off the footpath. The other side started to flow and before she could do anything the truck started to move. Both mother and daughter went under. Bystanders assisted Carole Anne and Daenerys until emergency services arrived.