Gardai have closed the road at Windyhall this morning as investigations continue
A man, aged in his twenties, charged in relation to a fatal hit and run in Letterkenny in the early hours of Monday morning is due to appear before Letterkenny District Court tomorrow morning.
Gardai have confirmed that the man, arrested in relation to this investigation, is due in court at 10.30am.
The man killed in the suspected hit and run incident in the early hours of Monday morning was Jason Haughey. The deceased, who is thirty, was found by a motorist on the Windyhall road in Letterkenny at around 4am.
Gardaí and Emergency Services attended the scene and the man was transferred to Letterkenny University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
Meanwhile, a woman charged following an aggravated burglary in Kilmacrennan on Sunday morning last is also due before Letterkenny District Court in the morning.
The incident occurred around 7am in the morning when a woman in her thirties gained entry to the house through a top window.
A man and woman were in the house at the time and they were assaulted by the woman. Household items were thrown at the occupants who were each struck in the head.
The woman then stole two mobile phones, a wallet containing a quantity of cash and a number of other items.
Both the man and woman required treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital and have since been discharged.
Shortly before 4pm yesterday, Monday, Gardai arrested a woman in connection with this matter. She was detained in Milford under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
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