Bride-to-Be Dies Hours After Wedding Dress Shopping; Driver Pleads Guilty to Dangerous Driving Causing Death
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Kimberlee Speakman
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Summary
A tragic story about Laura Connolly, a 34-year-old bride-to-be who died hours after picking out her wedding dress when she was struck by a van driven by Sean Connaughton, a driver with a suspended license, on July 11, 2021 in Lifford, Ireland. Nearly five years later, Connaughton pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death in Letterkenny Circuit Court.
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· 3 pulledLaura Connolly, 34, died in the early hours of July 11, 2021 — just short of her wedding to her childhood sweetheart Joseph McCullagh
During the hearing, the driver of the van, Sean Connaughton pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous driving causing death
Nearly five years later, the details of the case were heard in Letterkenny Circuit Court in Ireland
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