Steel bars on trailer struck woman

The motorist on trial for dangerous driving causing serious injury to a neighbour saluted her the moment before she was struck across the legs by long iron bars that had gone sideways on his trailer.

Michael Herlihy, aged 38, of Derry, Rosscarbery, Co Cork, was yesterday on the second day of his trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Frances O’Driscoll, aged 59, on April 16, 2016, at Causeway, Rosscarbery, and failing to take adequate precaution to prevent a load from falling from a vehicle.

“I spotted a woman out walking. I waved to her. I knew her. I passed her. I saw the woman after falling,” Mr Herlihy told gardaí.