Brothers, 60s, struck by car in Donegal were just 100 yards from home when collision happened

Garda at the scene of the incident at Lower Main Street in Letterkenny. Picture: North West Newspix

Two men struck by a runaway car in Co Donegal in the early hours of St Patrick's Day were brothers who lived less than 100 yards from the scene of the tragedy.

Anthony and Martin Gallagher, both in their 60s, were walking home from a night out in Letterkenny. The men were critically injured after being struck by a car being driven by a teenager at the town's Lower Main Street just before 3am.