Phone records show unaccompanied learner driver was texting at time of fatal collision in Offaly Eric Dunne (25) pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing the death of a 14-year-old girl. By Seán McCárthaigh Friday 12 Mar 2021, 6:43 PM Mar 12th 2021, 6:43 PM 46,166 Views 0 Comments Image: PA Image: PA A 14-YEAR-old girl was killed last year in Offaly after being hit by an unaccompanied learner driver who was sending text messages at the time. A sitting of Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court today heard phone records showed that the driver, Eric Dunne, had been using his mobile phone at the time of the fatal collision on 20 March, 2020 at Erry, Clara, Co Offaly.