The tragedy occurred when the young man was trying to drive away from danger during Storm Eowyn
A young man killed in Donegal after a tree fell on his car while he tried to drive away from danger during Storm Eowyn has been named as 20-year-old Kacper Dudek.
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. The Irish Mirror has learned that Mr Dudek was carrying out a U-turn after coming across a road accident in the early hours of Friday morning when the storm uprooted a tree - and crushed his car.
A statement by An Garda Síochána read: “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 .
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