Man arrested over Donegal hit-and-run due to appear in court

Ronan Wilson was fatally injured in a hit-and-run incident in Bundoran, Co Donegal. Photo: Sourced

The man arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run incident in Donegal on Saturday night has been charged.

The man, aged in his 20s, is due to appear before the District Court at Carrick-on-Shannon on Tuesday morning at 10.30am.

A nine-year-old boy who was fatally injured has been named locally as Ronan Wilson.

He was staying in Bundoran with his family when the tragedy happened.

Ronan, whose family is from Kildress, Co Tyrone, was killed instantly when he was struck by a car at around 9.20pm on Saturday evening at Atlantic Way in the seaside town.

The local GAA club in Tyrone, Kildress Wolfe Tones, cancelled their Intermediate Club Championship and U16 Ladies game in light of the tragedy.

Ronan played with the club's U10 football team, while his older brother Callum and sister Amy have also played for the club.

The Wilson family is well-known in the Kildress area, where his father Deane runs a haulage firm.

He and his wife Emma, as well as Ronan's siblings, were being comforted following the tragedy.

The young victim was pronounced dead at the scene and his remains were later taken to Sligo University Hospital.

The area of the collision was immediately sealed off and officers spent the day carrying out forensic analysis of the scene.

A second scene approximately 300 yards away was also sealed off by gardaí.

However, gardaí have not yet disclosed why this particular area was cordoned off, nor given any details on how the accident occurred.

The scene of the tragedy is a busy area close to the beach, a caravan park, and also the popular Waterworld playpark.