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Man (20s) arrested over hit-and-run that killed retired garda’s wife Carol Seery

Carol Seery (67) suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a silver Honda on Wednesday 4 October.

Neasa Cumiskey

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A man has been arrested over a hit-and-run incident that killed the wife of a former garda in Dublin last month.

Carol Seery (67) suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a silver Honda which was travelling at high speed as she and her husband were crossing the road at Cross Guns Bridge on the Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7 at 9.10pm on Wednesday 4 October.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, while her husband Gerry, who is understood to have retired from An Garda Síochána over a decade ago, was “very lucky not to have suffered serious injuries or worse”, according to a source.

Gardaí in Mountjoy Garda Station arrested a man in his 20s today in relation to the investigation.

He is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a garda station in Dublin and investigations are ongoing.

The incident was captured on CCTV, but no suspects had been identified until now.

The car was recovered a short time after the incident at nearby Avondale Road with significant damage to the passenger side of the vehicle.

A garda traffic unit had been involved in a short pursuit of the car, which lasted “a matter of seconds”, before it hit Mrs Seery.

The vehicle had come to the attention of gardaí after it ran a red light and then sped away from the unmarked patrol car.

Following standard procedure, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) will conduct a separate inquiry into the conduct of the gardaí who interacted with the car before the fatal hit-and-run.