Head-on crash 'threw a grenade into our lives', mother tells court in Cork

A 45-year-old mother and her nine-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter were seriously injured in the crash in Mallow in February 2023

The judge at Cork Circuit Criminal Court said the mother's 'injuries are the most serious I have come across in one of these cases'. File picture: Larry Cummins

A head-on car crash left a 45-year-old mother and her two children seriously injured in the Lombardstown area of Mallow and now she has described the accident as being like “a grenade into our lives and we are left to pick up the pieces”.

This was the victim impact statement presented at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where 71-year-old Mary O’Brien of Alana, Mitchellsfort, Watergrasshill, County Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving causing grievous bodily harm.