Ireland

Garda watchdog to investigate Galway crash

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is investigating the death of a man in a road traffic accident in Co Galway.

52-year-old David Soloman of Oughtherard, Co Galway was a pedestrian and was fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle that was being driven by an off-duty member of the Garda Síochána.

Mr Soloman was originally from Sunderland in the United Kingdom.

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