Overview
- The collision occurred Tuesday evening on the L1513 Loreto Road on the outskirts of Cavan town.
- A woman in her 20s was taken to Cavan General Hospital with serious injuries.
- The car’s front-seat passenger suffered a serious head injury and remains in a coma in Beaumont Hospital’s intensive care unit.
- The driver fled the scene, prompting a road closure and a full criminal investigation by local officers.
- Detectives launched a search for the suspect and, according to the Irish Independent, believe the individual is known to them.