Garda facing dangerous driving charges said fatal crash could have been avoided if pedestrian hadn't sped up

A garda charged with causing the death of a pedestrian by driving dangerously told a Garda Ombudsman investigator that the fatal collision could have been avoided if the woman had not sped up her walking.

Warren Farrell (35), a garda serving in Clondalkin, Co Dublin, was on duty as the driver of a marked patrol car that was responding to a panic button call at a Topaz garage, when the car struck Elizabeth Core.