TUAM BUSINESSMAN TOMMY VARDEN SUED BY DAUGHTER OVER 2007 CAR CRASH

Date Published: 23-Oct-2012

A young girl who survived a fatal car crash in Longford is suing her father Tuam businessman Tommy Varden who owned the BMW and her mother who was subsequently jailed for dangerous driving.

The court's heard 12 year old Faith Carberry was critically injured when the car hit an embankment in Edgeworthstown in July 2007 claiming the lives of her sister Ava and a friend 9-year-old Michaela Logan.

She's also suing the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland.

Faith is suing both her parents for damages - through her grandfather.

Tommy Varden admits being the owner of the BMW but denies giving consent to Mary Carberry to drive the car.