Police in the UK are investigating the death of an Irishman who served as a soldier after he was struck by a car in Hampshire last Sunday.
Private Robert Myers, 39, was struck by a BMW at around 2.10pm last Sunday in an area known as Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy village, two miles north of Winchester while walking.
Private Myers, a member of the Royal Logistics Corps based at Worthy Down in Hampshire and originally from Kilkenny, was rushed to Southampton General Hospital however despite efforts by medics to stabilise him he passed away two days later.
