Colm Donnelly was ‘a great chap’ and a ‘big favourite’ in his school community, says father
Colm Donnelly, a Leaving Cert student from Tinnock in Gorey, was working on his car at home on the day of the accident in February 2023, a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard on Tuesday.
Mr Donnelly recalled seeing the jack that was used to raise the car had slipped on to its side and become stuck while the car had fallen on top of his son, pinning him from his mid-abdomen to his head. His father carried out CPR until emergency services arrived soon after. He was brought to St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin.
Speaking of his son, Mr Donnelly said he was “a great chap”, one who was hardworking and enjoyed playing rugby, and although school was “the last place he wanted to be”, he was a “big favourite” within the school community.
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