GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING a fatal hit-and-run in Gorey, Co Wexford, at the weekend have arrested two more people.
A woman in her 30s and a man in his 20s are being questioned about the death of Kelly Gregan, a 20-year-old who died when she was struck by a car on Main Street, Gorey, at about 2.30am on Sunday. The car failed to stop.
Ms Gregan’s friend, Gillian Fitzgerald, was hurt in the incident but her injuries are said not to be life-threatening.
Both women were taken by ambulance to Wexford General Hospital, where Ms Gregan died from her injuries. From Gorey, she had been studying at the Limerick School of Art and Design.
A burnt-out car was removed from the Kilnahue Lane area, about 1½ miles southwest of the town. Gardaí believe this car was involved in the fatal collision. The woman being held last night is believed to be the car’s owner. She was arrested at 10.30am yesterday in Gorey and is being held at Enniscorthy Garda station.
She is being detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, which can be used to question people on suspicion of withholding information about crimes committed by others.
The man being held last night was detained at 7pm in Gorey and is being questioned at the Garda station there under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
On Monday afternoon a man in his 30s presented himself for questioning at Gorey Garda station. He was arrested under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act but was released without charge last night.
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is investigating whether a Garda car was chasing the other vehicle at the time it hit the two pedestrians. The Irish Times understands that while the Garda and ombudsman investigations are ongoing, the Garda car is not being viewed as a contributing factor to the fatal collision.
Gardaí had been monitoring the vehicle after receiving reports it was being driven dangerously.
The Garda’s investigation into the collision is following a definite line of inquiry. A large number of people who had been leaving pubs and nightclubs close to the scene early on Sunday morning have been spoken to by gardaí.
The scene was closed to allow the Garda and ombudsman carry out forensic examinations.
Gardaí have reiterated their appeal for anyone in the area at the time who may have witnessed the incident or seen the car on fire minutes later to contact them in Gorey.