€685k for widow of man killed working on Luas line

A widow whose husband died during construction works on the Dublin Luas line extension has settled her High Court action for €685,000.

Eilis Crawford, aged 43, had sued over the death of her husband George, a father of two, in what the court heard was a tragic accident near the Luas Extension Project at Citwest Avenue, Dublin, on May 15, 2009.

Mr Crawford, from Forge Meadow, Ballon, Co Carlow, was helping offload concrete slabs from a trailer parked on the roadway adjacent to the site compound near the Luas Extension Project.