Doctor weeps after driving causes the death of tourist

An American doctor wept in court as he spoke of his oath to do no harm in a case where he admitted that his dangerous driving caused the death of a woman visiting Cork to see her first grandchild.

Cedric Simpson, 52, an ER surgeon from Portland, Oregon, was given a two-year suspended jail term and banned from driving in Ireland for five years after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of 60-year-old Lynn Anderson on June 19, 2016.

Ms Anderson was in Cork for a family reunion with her adult children and to meet her first grandchild, Kian, who had travelled from New Zealand for the occasion. Mrs Anderson was killed in the accident one day after meeting her grandson for the first time.