Woman jailed for causing death of fellow Ukrainian due to careless driving near Cork Airport

Ms Vasylenko initially denied being in the driver’s seat of the deceased man’s car at the time of the fatal incident but ultimately admitted it after being shown dashcam footage from this car of the incident occurring

Kseniia Vasylenko said she never meant for this to happen, she was devastated that this happened and that she had caused the loss of a father for a young family. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A Ukrainian refugee in Cork was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with the last nine months suspended for causing the death of a fellow Ukrainian near Cork Airport after they had been drinking heavily throughout that day.

Initially, the accused reported that the victim suffered cardiac arrest while standing outside his car. Judge Helen Boyle commended the garda investigation which quickly established that she got into the deceased’s car while intoxicated and reversed it when he was standing behind it, reversing the car over him and causing his death.