Accused admits fleeing scene in dangerous driving trial

A Lithuanian man on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a elderly man admitted to gardaí that he left the accident scene and cleaned blood from his car.

Romas Petrosius (24) told gardaí after his arrest that he wished to extend his sympathies to the dead man's family and said he hoped the courts would not punish him because it had been an accident.