A young man, who died after a tree fell on his car during high winds in Storm Éowyn, has been named locally.
Kacper Dudek (20) was fatally injured during the incident on Friday morning.
Gardaí said they were alerted to a “serious road traffic incident” at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Co Donegal at approximately 5.30am.
“Subsequently gardaí and local emergency services have attended the scene where during Storm Éowyn a tree fell on a car,” a Garda spokesperson said.
His body has been now removed from the scene to the mortuary in Letterkenny University Hospital where a post mortem will take place in due course.
The N14 remains closed and local diversions are in place.
Garda Forensic Collision investigators are conducting a full examination of the scene this morning.
“A Family Liaison Officer has been assigned to provide support to the family of Mr Dudek,” a Garda spokesperson said.
“Investigations are ongoing,” they added.
The incident has shocked the local community, said local councillor Patrick McGowan.
“Everybody is very shocked and were very wary because of the weather, but no one expected this to happen. We are all very, very shocked and send condolences to his family and friends,” said Mr McGowan.
“The storm would have just maybe been starting at that stage. It was certainly very unfortunate to not have reached home safely before the storm really kicked in. Everybody is still in shock.”
Storm Éowyn has led to power and water outages in the area, with Donegal under a further Status Yellow snow and ice warning until 9am on Saturday morning.
On Friday, gardaí said they were working with the local authority and third party contractors to attempt to remove the remains of the deceased from the scene.
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