Parents of child killed in hit-and-run call for stricter licence controls in brain injury cases

The parents of a little boy who was killed in a hit and run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged the motorist’s licence was renewed after he had suffered two significant brain injuries which left him with the mentality of a child.

The parents of a little boy who was killed in a hit and run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged the motorist’s licence was renewed after he had suffered two significant brain injuries which left him with the mentality of a child, writes Eoin English.

Stephen and Josephine O’Donovan, from Ballymacoda, Co Cork, pleaded for change yesterday after an inquest into the death of their only child, Luke, aged six, outside their home on April 16, 2014.