BREAKING: Storm Éowyn: Young man, 20, killed by falling tree as he tried to drive away from danger
BREAKING: Storm Éowyn: Young man, 20, killed by falling tree as he tried to drive away from danger
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A 20-year-old man has tragically been killed after a tree fell on his car while he tried to drive away from the "historic winds" of Storm Éowyn. Kacper Dudek was carrying out a U-turn in Donegal after coming across a road accident moments earlier when the storm uprooted a tree - and crushed his car, according to police.
Authorities confirmed the identity of the victim, who was born in Poland but raised in Lifford, Donegal, on Saturday morning as an investigation into the fatal road traffic accident continues. The body of the young man has been removed from the scene of the accident at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Donegal to the mortuary in Letterkenny University Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
According to the Irish Mirror, Dudek learned was on the phone to his father when the tragedy occurred. Sources say Kacper and a pal had been let out early from their night shift job and were driving home in a two-car convoy when the accident happened.
A statement by An Garda Síochána said: “Gardaí in Raphoe continue to investigate the fatal road traffic incident that occurred at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Donegal on Friday morning 24th January 2025 which resulted in the death of Kacper Dudek (20). “The body of the deceased man has been removed from the scene to the mortuary in Letterkenny University Hospital where a post mortem examination will take place in due course. The N14 remains closed and local diversions are in place.
