Confusion over reported incident may have led to woman’s death at bus

CONFUSION over the location of a reported incident may have been a factor that led to a fatal accident in which a garda patrol car crashed into an elderly woman at a bus shelter, an inquest heard yesterday.

Dublin Coroner’s Court also heard there were serious inconsistencies between independent and garda reports about the mechanical condition of the vehicle, along with the speed at which it was travelling.

Mary Seavers, aged 74, was struck by the patrol car as she waited at a bus shelter on Clonskeagh Road, Milltown, Dublin on May 22 last year. Ms Seavers, of Farmhill Park, Goatstown, died as a result of her injuries a few weeks later.