Police suspect that a father-of-two was run over and killed by a person identified to him after a prank went horrifically flawed.
Expat Alan Callaghan had returned residence from the US for a vacation together with his household - however tragically died after he was struck by a automobile. Detectives in his native Eire are treating the Monday incident on Achill Island, Co Mayo, as a freak accident.
Sources advised the Irish Mirror that the 46-year-old was struck by the automobile after he both intentionally lay down within the street or stepped out in entrance of the automobile with out warning. Officers are understood to be glad that the harmless driver of the automobile, who is understood to Alan, didn't see him - and instantly stopped when he realised what had occurred.
Earlier within the night time Alan had left a social gathering and went out strolling earlier than the person identified to him determined to go and search for him in a automobile. Tragically, the well-known father-of-two was struck by the automobile and suffered catastrophic accidents.
The stunning collision occurred at about 3.15am with emergency companies dashing to the scene. Police imagine the distraught driver had acted in good religion and had been unable to forestall the tragedy.
He's reported to have been fully co-operative with officers. The collision is being handled as a tragic accident -- and officers have been advised that Alan was identified to play pranks the place he lay within the street previously.
Nonetheless, cops additionally imagine it's potential that Alan, who was strolling within the pitch darkish, got here out in entrance of the automobile and that the driving force was unable to see him in time. Alan, who's initially from the Tiernaur space close to Newport in Mayo, had been dwelling in San Francisco together with his spouse Sharon and their two sons.
A discover on RIP.ie mentioned he "will likely be dearly missed by his loving spouse Sharon and his heartbroken sons Jack and Finn".
Alan's personal funeral was set to happen right this moment at Shannon Crematorium. The favored household man acted because the agent for an energetic Californian enterprise entity, Nuport Development Inc.
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