Man accused of dangerous driving causing death goes on trial

A Latvian man has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly woman in a car accident between Portmarnock and Malahide last year.

Jevgeijs Aleksejevs (aged 33), of Sweetmans Farm, Skerries Road, Lusk has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Mrs Elizabeth Gallagher on the Coast Road between Portmarnock and Malahide on January 3, 2007.