Man in court following death of woman over weekend

Monday, 28 April 2014 00:00

A 30-year-old man from St Johns is appearing in court today charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

It’s after a fatal road traffic collision on the Tholt-y-Will road on Saturday in which a female pedestrian was killed.

She died at the scene following the incident which happened at 4.50pm and involved a dark blue Ford Focus car.

The man has been charged with a number of offences – a second man who was also arrested has been bailed pending further enquiries.

Police say they will not be releasing the name of the man or the victim at this time.

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