GALWAY DRIVER DENIES DANGEROUS DRIVING

Date Published: 30-Oct-2008

A Galway driver who struck and killed a cyclist last year has denied in court that he fell asleep at the wheel.38 year old Michael Dillon from Puirin, Indreabhán appeared before Ennis Circuit Court yesterday.Mr. Dillon's Nissan X trail 4 x 4 struck 39 year old Howard Flannery on the hard shoulder of the Ennis Limerick dual carriageway on the 3rd of June 2007.According to today's Irish Times, Ennis Circuit Court was told that Mr. Dillon had a 22 hour day previous to the collisionGarda Maurice Nolan told the court that Mr Dillon failed to react when his vehicle struck Mr Flannery.The vehicle carried the victim and his bike for 76 metres before it came to stop. medical report on Mr Dillon said tests for alcohol and drugs were normal, and that the "sudden unexplained event" was "unlikely to be explained".Mr Dillon told his trial yesterday that he did not feel tired driving home, and denies dangerous driving causing death.