A teenage boy who was driving a car at a minimum speed of 119 km an hour in a 50 km zone when he crashed on the Northside of the city causing the death of a 16 year old girl and permanent injury to a 17 year old male, has been detained for four years.
Wyse had overtaken a taxi on Harbour View Road but his car clipped a kerb, then a tree, hit a utility box and a metal bollard before colliding with a concrete wall and gate pillar.
The cap on the bollard was catapulted through the window of a nearby house while another part of the bollard ended up 45 metres away.
Ms O Connor was pronounced dead at the scene before she could be transferred to Cork University Hospital (CUH).
Another teenager in the car also suffered serious injuries including a fractured skull.
He initially lost the use of his limbs but has regained movement thanks to intensive physiotherapy. The boy has no recollection of the collision.
Teenager (17) jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of 16-year-old girl
Judge Sean O’Donnabháin told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that it was in the interest of the public that the 17 year old be named. By Olivia Kelleher Wednesday 3 Mar 2021, 3:55 PM Mar 3rd 2021, 3:55 PM 24,802 Views 0 Comments
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A TEENAGE BOY who was driving a car at a minimum speed of 119km/h in a 50km/h zone when he crashed in Cork city, causing the death of a 16-year-old girl and permanent injury to a 17-year-old boy, has been detained for four years.
Teen sentenced for causing friend s death in Cork crash
Updated / Thursday, 4 Mar 2021
07:48
A 17-year-old boy who admitted dangerous driving causing the death of 16-year-old Kimberly O Connor in Co Cork last year has been sentenced to four years in detention.
Daniel Wyse, of Killiney Heights, Knocknaheeny, Cork, also pleaded guilty to seriously injuring a teenage boy who was also in the car when it crashed close to Kimberly s home on the northside of Cork City on 19 February 2020.
Kimberly was the front seat passenger in the car which hit a pillar on Harbour View Road in Knocknaheeny. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mum tells of heartbreak as Teen who caused crash that killed 16-year-old Kimberly jailed for four years
The teenage girl lost her life in a horror smash in Knocknaheeny in February 2020
Kimberly O Connor
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