{"id":130788,"date":"2025-11-09T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/130788\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:02:14","slug":"donegal-man-arrested-over-alleged-hit-and-run-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/130788\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal man arrested over alleged hit and run in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police are investigating the collision (Joe Giddens\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d69d95aa-6f65-498d-9a87-0c14e80e757d.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Police are investigating the collision (Joe Giddens\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland over an alleged hit and run in London that has left a 65-year-old pedestrian fighting for her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police were called to Southend Lane, Lewisham, south-east London, on October 31 and the woman remains in a life-threatening condition, the Metropolitan Police said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Michael McLaughlin, of Heath Park, Buncrana, Co Donegal, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a road traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">McLaughlin was arrested on a motorway in Northern Ireland by Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers on Friday, the Met said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 38-year-old was escorted to England and interviewed at a south London police station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He is in custody and will appear at Bromley Magistrates\u2019 Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Officers from the Met\u2019s Serious Collision Investigative Unit are still looking to speak to witnesses and asked them to contact police on 101 quoting 9111\/31NOV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating the collision (Joe Giddens\/PA) A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland over an 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