‘It was just a horrible freak accident’ – father describes battle to save tragic son after he was crushed while fixing car at home

Mr Donnelly said he was in the farmyard when he received a call from his son who cried out: “Da, Da, Da.”

Colm’s father Walter and older sister Niamh Donnelly outside the Corners Court, Dublin this afternoon (Photo: Sam Boal/Collins)

A Wexford teenager suffered fatal crush injuries while working on a car at his family farm after a jack that was holding up the vehicle slipped, an inquest has heard.

Colm Donnelly (18), a Leaving Certificate student from Tinnock, Gorey, Co Wexford died at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin on February 14, 2023, five days after the incident in a shed at his home.