A fresh appeal to the public for information in regards to the hit-and-run, which took the life of 22-year-old David Lynch in Blanchardstown 20 years ago, has been launched by both Gardaí and the Lynch family on Crimecall.
The tragic incident occurred at around 3am on Easter Monday on April 21, 2003 when David and his friend John McGuinness were walking along Blanchardstown Main Street.
David tried to flag down an oncoming taxi, however, as the car passed, it collided with David, knocking him to the ground. The car's driver failed to remain at the scene or to report the incident.
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John says he remembers shouting David’s name and "pleading with him to get up" but he never did.
David was rushed to a nearby hospital where he spent six days in intensive care before dying from his injuries.
Gardaí believe the car that struck David was a silver Ford Mondeo taxi with its taxi plate light switched off. It was travelling along Blanchardstown Main Street in the direction of Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.
David’s sister Michelle says he was "someone that you could depend on…he loved life and lived it to the fullest." On hearing the news that he would die, Michelle says it was "like this nightmare that we couldn’t wake up from and haven’t woken up from."
Michelle says the hardest part for their family is that it feels like, for the driver of the taxi, David’s "life meant nothing."
Gardaí, and the Lynch family, are making a direct appeal to the driver to come forward or for anyone who the driver may have confided in over the last 20 years.
Michelle says although answers won’t bring David back, information will "help give us that closure we deserve…and give David the justice he deserves."
Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information to contact the incident room at Blanchardstown Garda Station on 01 666 7032, the Garda confidential line on 1800 666 111 or Crimestoppers on 1800 250025.
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