A police manhunt after an Irishman was killed in a hit-and-run is now focusing on identifying the driver after two arrested men were released in Canada.
Eoghan Byrne, 24, died when he was struck by a car at speed as he crossed a road in Vancouver on Sunday. Moments after the Trinity College Dublin science student died, witnesses described the noise from the collision as a “loud bang” and the force of it was like a “car hitting a building”.
It took some time to identify Eoghan, whose parents are Eugene and Mary, but his heartbroken family was finally informed and members immediately flew to Canada. Grief-stricken friends in Vancouver left flowers at the scene for Eoghan, from Skerries in Co Dublin.
