It has been revealed that a van insurance customer may receive charges, after a serious road accident.

The motorist, a 34-year-old woman, was driving a van full of children, all of whom were not wearing seat belts or had child seats.

Police checked her licence, and officers found that she had previous seat belt convictions.

The female was carrying 11 children ages 3 to 15 in the van as they were driving to a youth sporting event.

The driver failed to adjust for slowing traffic and lost control of the vehicle on Monday at around 10.am and subsequently crashed into a wall.

One of the children, which was the female’s daughter, died at hospital on Wednesday from personal injuries received in the collision.

Officers found that the woman had a string of convictions. The woman was arrested in April on a charge of driving with a suspended license.

In July, she was cited for speeding. In March 2007, she was cited again for driving with a suspended license.

In February 2006, she was cited for not having a child restrained and driving with an expired tag, records show.

She was also charged with driving with a suspended license.

Officers were shocked to find that her license had already been suspended at least three times for not paying fines or for allowing her personal injury and property insurance to lapse.

Shockingly, another reason for her suspension was failure to appear in court on a traffic summons — and in each case, the suspension lasted only a few days.

Police spokesman J.D. Callaway commented: “There is a criminal investigation under way. We are conferring with prosecutors to determine a course of action. It could range from a criminal charge to a civil citation and anywhere between.”

Stolen dumper truck – a load of rubbish!

In similar news, a garda mounted a moving dumper truck in the middle of the night, during a low-speed chase in Glencormac.

The 19-year-old was charged with the unauthorised taking of a vehicle, failing to produce insurance, driving without insurance, two counts of criminal damage and failing to stop.

The defendant stated that he had used the truck to get his van which he claimed had been stolen out of the woods.

Lawyer, Conway O'Hara, said his client had stolen the dumper: “with some misguided view of recovering his van. He was told it was in a ditch and he wouldn't be able to get it out and he foolishly engaged in this reckless behaviour.”

Judge Murrough Connellan said that: “whatever about the damage to his van he certainly gave no mercy to the construction site taking the dumper through the gates causing €3,000 worth of damage. His behaviour goes far beyond immature behaviour.”

He sentenced him to six months detention for stealing the dumper which he suspended for one year.

He sentenced him to three months detention in respect of the criminal damage charges which he also suspended for one year.

In respect of driving without insurance he took him off the road for two years and fined him €350.