FILE FOR DPP OVER BUSHYPARK HIT AND RUN

Date Published: 25-Jul-2011

Gardaí have released a man they were questioning in connection with a hit and run in the city last night on the Ballagh Road Bushypark

However the city resident is to appear in court on Wednesday charged with drink driving and a file is to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions on the matter of a hit and run causing serious injuries shortly after 9 last night

The male pedestrian who was hit was taken to University Hospital Galway and his injuries, although serious, are not believed to be life threatening.