Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says Garda Kevin Flatley’s death called for a ‘real reset and rethink about our approach as society to road safety’Garda Flatley was killed as he tried to flag down a motorcyclist while operating a traffic checkpointHis death brings to 90 the number of gardaí killed while on dutyTwo other gardaí suffered injuries at separate road checkpoints in last week
Drew Harris speaks about the death of Garda Kevin Flatley who was killed while trying to flag down motorcyclist at speeding checkpoint
A garda was killed as he tried to flag down a motorcyclist while operating a traffic checkpoint in north Co Dublin yesterday.
Garda Kevin Flatley (49), a father-of-two, was using a speed gun at the side of the road, when he detected the motorcyclist travelling at speed and tried to flag him down before he was struck and fatally injured.
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