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A MAN IN his 20s arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Donegal in the early hours of yesterday morning has been released without charge.
A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecution.
The man had presented himself to gardaí following the incident that happened at around 3.25am Eastend in Bundoran.
A man and a woman in their 20s died after the car they were travelling in collided with a wall.
The two victims have been named locally as Conall McAleer and Shiva Devine.
Two other men in their 20s who were seriously injured in the collision are continuing to receive treatment at Sligo University Hospital.
Another woman in her 20s who was critically injured was being transferred to Beaumont Hospital last night.
The local coroner has been notified and postmortems will be carried out on the two deceased at Sligo University Hospital today.
An incident room has been established at Ballyshannon Garda Station and investigating gardaí are liaising with the PSNI as part of their enquiries.
The road at the crash site has been reopened to traffic.
Ederney St Josephs GAA paid tribute to the two victims in a statement on Facebook last night.
“The club [is] very saddened to hear of the death of Conall McAleer, a former youth player with our club,” the statement said.
Our thoughts and prayers are extended to his family and friends at this tragic time, and those of Shiva Devine who was also tragically killed.
“We also wish all those injured in the accident a full and speedy recovery.”
Gardaí are continuing to appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Ballyshannon Garda Station on 071 985 8530, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
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So he leaves the scene of the crash and hands himself in hours later, when it’s impossible to test for any drugs or alcohol.
Her must be really proud of himself to be able to turn his back on his dying and dead friends and just leave them there.
No mention of him leaving the scene @Jim Buckley Barrett:
@Niall: He wasn’t there when the emergency services arrived Niall, so clearly he left the scene of the accident.
@Colleen: where dose it say that
@Colleen: He may have gone to get help or be concussed and wandered off which is common. We really dont know what happened. Everybody is jumping to assumptions.
@Pete Brady: Either way there was 6 people in a 306 which is designed to accommodate 5. So someone wasn’t correctly restrained with a seatbelt and I sense other too failed to wear theirs.
I have no doubt the person who later handed themselves in was the driver as everyone else is referred to as a passenger and yes, the driver probably ran from the scene.
Disgusting waste of life.
@Niall: Read the other articles, he left the scene. Try and keep up with the story, it helps.
@Gareth: It says it, in the other articles posted by the journey yesterday.
@Pete Brady: Pete – seriously? He might be confused for a short while but not all night and into the morning. He left his friends there – dead and dying.
@B9xiRspG: no actually he didn’t leave the scene all night but sure why would the truth matter .
@B9xiRspG: It helps who?
6 people in a 306….. It was never going to end well
Thoughts also with the emergency services who were required to deal with the aftermath, including breaking the horrible news to parents. I understand the young lady who died was also a young mother. Heart breaking!
Condolences too family and friends for their loss..can we send up speed camera vans that sit on the stillorgan n11 gathering money and save some live,s instead
@Ter: don’t speed and they won’t be gathering money..only speeders get fines.
Speed, and stupidity. They’ll never learn. Donegal and the border area have a serious problem with young invincible boy racers and they are killing themselves and others. No personal responsibility are awareness of consequences.
All cars should have speed restrictors on them and it should be an offence to soup up a car
@nelly: I totally agree with you about speed restrictors being put into all cars, with insurers stipulating there will be no cover if the restrictors are overridden.
@Mrs Doyle: Comprehensive cover should roll back to third party, but removing insurance altogether could just punish innocent victims in a crash.
@nelly: I don’t think ‘soup’ up cars is the issue. Actually don’t think speed was the problem. 6 people is the car and the change that would cause would have a huge effect on how the car drives, weight transfer. But easier to blame the old regulars.
@Vincent: If it was weight transfer like you suggest, that wouldn’t explain why the entire rear axle of the car is where it is in the picture, nor would it explain the demolished concrete block wall behind the Garda.
Tragic, what ever happened.
White or yellow reg? PSNI aren’t involved for nothing. No regard for road laws up there. It’s a long standing cultural thing.
@Joe Mc mahon: PSNI is involved because all 6 lived over the border. Stated so in previous article. Most are from Donegal but living over the border. It would be common practice when a non national dies in most states
RTE reporting that back seat passengers were not wearing seat belts.
@Reg: We have to assume that there was 4 in the back which was designed for 3.
Just for once ,let’s call a spade a spade.SPEED was the main factor of this accident ,cut the bullshit of road/rain conditions at the time .we need to slow down,RIP for the victims,and God help their families.
@James Halligan: well said but I wonder if more was involved. Why did the driver run from the scene only to hand himself in the next day if it was just speed involved?
@B9xiRspG: Noone will know only himself why he choose to flee the scene.His father went with him to the station 4 hours after the incident which is too late to test for drink/drugs. Its heartbreaking stuff -
@Charlotte Kelly: “4 hours after the incident which is too late to test for drink/drugs” – I think that says it all.
@Charlotte Kelly: would it be though? Is it that a sample cannot be considered as evidence after a certain time or something? I know I have had some nights when I wouldn’t be fit to drive at all the next day.
I know someone who was in a bad crash but got out of car and walked home, with a badly broken leg, out of pure shock, dont judge this poor kid who walked home, hes gonna suffer enough, yes he was driving but they also chose to get in the car knowing there wasnt enough seat belts
Thats a scary picture!
We have the tech to put a device in every car that can detect Speeding / dangerous driving etc. Even though it would be big brotherish I tgink most people would gladly accept it to bring down insurance / save hundreds of lives / stopping a lot of crime / so many benefits.
“A full and speedy recovery” not so sure if the pun was intended :/
@Cormac Ryan: Bad selection of words there especially considering how many killed – or murdered depending on your viewpoint – in this.
Donegal again…!! What is it with Donegal?
How fast do you need to be driving to have 2/3 wheels your of the car??
RIP to those that passed and hopefully the others will make a full recovery.
Driver leaving the scene is bad, speed probably to blame and car with too many people as well
6 in a 306 at 3:25am, and some people think its because of seatbelts, weight distribution, road quality, weather, come on, they were pissed and the driver certainly was, until we stop making excuses for our drink/drug culture then we will never deal with, he paid a big price much more than any court could throw at him, tragic, sympathies for all involved
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