Three Cork women injured by motorbike after man lost control in race against Mercedes car

One of the racers arrived at the scene in his father’s new car

The two young men agreed to have a race between then in the empty car park Eastgate retail park in Little Island, Cork.

Two young men raced each other in a car park while driving a new Mercedes car and a motorcycle but the youth on the bike lost control and his vehicle skid at speed into three young women seriously injuring them.

This was the scenario described by Garda Ruth Healy at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where the young women gave emotional evidence on how their lives had changed utterly as a result of the catastrophic incident at Eastgate retail park in Little Island.