Man, 20, crushed and killed by falling tree while trying to flee Storm Eowyn
Man, 20, crushed and killed by falling tree while trying to flee Storm Eowyn
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A 20-year-old man was on the phone to his dad trying to flee Storm Eowyn when a tree fell and killed him. Kacper Dudek was trying to drive to safety when his car was crushed beneath the tree which was uprooted in record breaking 114mph winds. He was driving with a friend when they had to turn the car around after coming across a road accident in in Feddyglass, Raphoe, County Donegal.
![[Kacper Dudek https://www.facebook.com/kacper.dudek.9465/photos]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237262657-9cf1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=542)
But a tree suddenly fell on them as they made a U-turn, and Mr Dudek died at the scene. He was born in Poland but raised in Lifford, Donegal, the Mirror reports. Mr Dudek was reportedly on the phone to his father when the accident occurred. His school, Holy Cross College, added: ‘The Holy Cross College community sends our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of our past student, Kacper Dudek who has sadly passed away.
![[epa11849597 A fallen tree blown over in the wind during storm Eowyn in Donegal Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland 24 January 2025. The UK's Met Office has issued issued a red danger to life warning across Northern Ireland, while schools, colleges, the courts and many shops are closed and public transport is suspended. EPA/MARIE THERESE HURSON]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237168267-f8b0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘May Kacper’s gentle soul rest in peace.’. Police 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).
![[Undated handout photo issued by Garda Press Office of Kacper Dudek, 20, who died after a tree fell on his car during Storm Eowyn early on Friday in Co Donegal. Issue date: Saturday January 25, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story WEATHER Winter. Photo credit should read: Garda/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237261116-d32c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘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. ‘Garda Forensic Collision Investigators are conducting a full examination of the scene this morning.
