Eamonn Driver Guilty
A man from Slane, Co Meath
has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two other Irish
people in a car crash in Western Australia almost six years ago.
Eamonn Driver Extradited
Eamonn Driver (31), who was
extradited to Australia earlier this month, was charged following the deaths of
Colm Reilly (20) and Kiara Duncan (22) in the Perth suburb of Bedford in
October 2007.
Colm Reilly and Kiara Duncan Dead
Mr Reilly died instantly in
the collision, while Ms Duncan died in hospital three days later.
Dangerous Driving
Driver was driving the car
when it crossed the centre median of the road, overturned onto its roof and
crashed into an oncoming car driven by a 63-year-old woman, who escaped serious
injury.
Driver was taken to hospital
with a shattered pelvis.
Slane Village Meath
He returned to Ireland in
November 2007, before any charges were laid.
In August 2009 he failed to
appear in a Perth court to face charges over the deaths of Mr Reilly and Ms
Duncan. This led magistrate Barbara Lane to issue a warrant for his arrest.
Perth Magistrates Court
After a lengthy process,
extradition was recently granted by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.
Driver was ordered to
surrender to Australian authorities and officers from Western Australia’s crash
investigation unit travelled to Ireland to bring him to Perth.
At Perth Magistrates Court
today, he pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death, and
will appear in Perth District Court on October 25th.
