21-year-old woman facing charges of causing serious injuries to friends in car crash

A 21 - year-old woman facing charges of causing injuries to her two friends in a  Co Kildare car crash has been ordered to appear before Naas District Court in February.

The accused is charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm on March 23, 2016, at Walterstown Cross, Nurney.

It is understood that McLaughlin's two friends, who were in the car, that she was driving sustained injuries.

gt Finian Dempsey outlined how the accused is understood to have been driving from a minor road on to a major one.

Evidence was given in October that the  passengers sustained 'life-changing' injuries.

One of the passengers suffered a punctured spleen and fractured ribs while another suffered a broken pelvis, broken left left and bleeding to the brain

Judge Desmond Zaidan ordered McLaughlin, who is from Co Donegal,  to appear at Naas Circuit Court on February 21, 2017, and released her on her own bond of €5,000.