Ireland Case No. 4740Assault · Co. Cork · 31 Oct 2024
Gardaí pursue inquiry into ramming of Brazilian Deliveroo driver in Cork
A 23-year-old Brazilian Deliveroo driver was knocked off his motorbike and rammed by a stolen Skoda during a chase on Halloween night in Cork. Gardaí say they are following a definite line of inquiry and have obtained descriptions of two men.
- Reported1 Nov
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports64 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe victim was left trapped under his motorbike with serious compound fractures to his leg. (irishtimes.com)
- whatLocals heard the crash and found the victim conscious but in extreme pain. (irishtimes.com)
- whatGardaí believe the car was a Skoda Kodiaq stolen from a house in Courtbrack on 21 October. (irishtimes.com)
- whatTwo gardaí in the Garda car were treated for minor injuries at the scene. (irishtimes.com)
- whatA Brazilian Deliveroo driver was chased and rammed by men in a stolen car. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe driver suffered a serious compound fracture to one of his legs. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe stolen car was a Skoda Kodiaq that had been robbed from a property in Courtbrack near Blarney about ten days earlier. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe victim was a 23-year-old Deliveroo driver who was rammed by thieves after an alleged road rage incident. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe car thieves knocked the driver off his Honda 125. (irishtimes.com)
- whatOne of the men got out of the car and attacked the driver. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe incident took place in Cork, where gardaí are searching for a gang of car thieves. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe incident happened in the Mahon/Beaumont area of Cork. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe gang followed the driver from Mahon to Beaumont on the southside of the city. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe ramming happened at Woodvale Road in Beaumont, after which the gang fled. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe ramming happened at the junction of Woodvale Road and Beaumont Lawn. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe burnt-out Skoda was found in a field in Carrignavar, about 12 km north of Cork city. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe attack happened in the Blackrock area of Cork city. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe stolen Skoda was found burnt out in a field in Carrignavar. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe driver was caught at the junction of Beaumont Lawn and Woodvale Road. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe car hit the victim on Woodvale Road at about midnight. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe incident took place at around midnight on the day before the article was published. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe ramming happened around midnight on Halloween night. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe Skoda was found early on Friday morning, hours after the ramming. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe attack happened shortly before midnight on Halloween night. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe driver was chased from Mahon to Beaumont at 11.50pm on Halloween night. (irishtimes.com)
- causeThe victim was allegedly chased by the car thieves from Mahon to Beaumont. (irishtimes.com)
- causeThe victim reportedly told gardaí he had an earlier interaction with the car's occupants in Mahon. (irishtimes.com)
- causeThe driver believed he had an interaction with the occupants of the stolen car in Mahon, which led them to follow him. (irishmirror.ie)
- causeThe driver was knocked off his bike by the car thieves when they rammed him. (irishtimes.com)
- causeThe victim was knocked off his motorcycle by the car. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí removed the damaged motorbike for forensic examination and will begin door-to-door inquiries. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí have appealed to anyone who witnessed anything suspicious in the Mahon, Beaumont and Old Mallow Road areas to contact them. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí are trying to trace a gang of men in a stolen car. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe damaged motorbike was removed from the scene and is due to be forensically examined. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí asked anyone who saw suspicious behaviour in Mahon, Beaumont and Old Mallow Road overnight to contact Anglesea Street Garda Station. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí have begun a technical examination of the stolen car to try to identify its occupants. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí are harvesting CCTV footage along possible routes and in Carrignavar village to identify a pickup car. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí recovered a stolen Skoda Kodiaq believed to have been used to ram the victim. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe same car is believed to have rammed a Garda vehicle at about 2am on the Old Mallow Road. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí suspect the car's occupants were collected by a driver in another car. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí have asked witnesses or anyone with footage to contact them. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí are following a definite line of inquiry. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí have obtained good descriptions of the two men. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí have begun checking CCTV along the routes to Carrignavar. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe victim was taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe stolen car later rammed a Garda car at 2am on the Old Mallow Road. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe gang fled towards north Cork and was encountered by an off-duty garda near Bottle Hill but evaded capture. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe driver was riding a Honda 125 motorbike when he was rammed. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe same gang later rammed a garda car on the Old Mallow Road, injuring two gardaí slightly. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe driver was left with serious leg injuries when his leg was trapped under his motorbike. (irishtimes.com)
- otherEarlier, the two occupants of the Skoda were challenged by two men in Little Island at around 11pm while tampering with a car. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe Skoda had been stolen from Courtbrack near Blarney on 21 October. (irishtimes.com)
- otherTwo officers in a garda car suffered minor injuries after the thieves rammed their patrol car early on Friday. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe driver was in stable condition after surgery at Cork University Hospital. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe attacker was wearing a mask and a bandanna. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe car's occupants left the scene, leaving the victim trapped by his motorbike. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe victim had severe compound fractures in his left leg. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe victim underwent surgery at Cork University Hospital. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe victim saw a man driving the car, a woman front passenger and another man in the back, all believed to be in their 20s. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe gang drove at the driver in a stolen Skoda Kodiaq. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe driver suffered a compound fracture of his leg. (irishtimes.com)
- otherEarlier that night, a man disturbed two people breaking into cars in Little Island and was driven at as they fled. (irishtimes.com)
- otherGardaí patrol members stationed at Gurranabraher were rammed in their patrol car when they tried to stop the thieves on the Old Mallow Road. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe stolen Skoda had been taken from Courtbrack on 21 October and was later found burnt out in Carrignavar. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 6 Nov2024Gardaí following definite line of inquiry into ramming of Brazilian food delivery driver in Cork
Reports the ramming of Alexandre Athos Pinhero Teixeira on 31 October 2024 in Cork, the Gardaí inquiry, and related earlier attacks and a ramming of a Garda patrol car by the same suspected gang.
victim, Alexandre Athos Pinhero Teixeira, 23, male, Brazilian, non-irishAlexandre Athos Pinhero Teixeirasuspect, malesuspect, male - 5 Nov2024‘I could have been dead’: Food delivery driver in shock after being attacked in Cork
Adds the victim's account of the attack, his injuries and surgery, the recovery of the stolen Skoda Kodiaq in Carrignavar, a possibly linked Garda vehicle ramming on the Old Mallow Road, and Garda appeals for witnesses.
victim, Alexandre Athos Pinheiro Teixeira, 23, male, Brazilian, non-irishAlexandre Athos Pinheiro Teixeirasuspect, 20s, male - 3 Nov2024Gardaí recover stolen car used to ram Deliveroo driver (23) in alleged road rage incident
Adds that the stolen Skoda was found burnt out in a field in Carrignavar early on Friday, that gardaí are examining it for forensic samples, reviewing CCTV, and suspect a second driver collected the occupants, and gives the car's earlier theft and the earlier confrontation in Little Island.
victim, 23, male, Brazilian, non-irishsuspect, male - 1 Nov2024Garda probe after men in stolen car rammed Deliveroo driver in Cork
Adds that the driver was pursued from Mahon to Beaumont and rammed at Woodvale Road, that he suffered a serious compound leg fracture, that the believed cause was a road rage interaction in Mahon, that the stolen car was a Skoda Kodiaq taken near Blarney, that the same gang later rammed a garda car on the Old Mallow Road, and that the motorbike is being forensically examined.
victim, 23, male, Brazilian, non-irishsuspect, male - 1 Nov2024Gardaí hunting car thieves who rammed food delivery driver in Cork hit and run incident
Adds the chase route from Mahon to Beaumont, the stolen Skoda Kodiaq, the ramming of a Garda car at 2am, minor injuries to two gardaí, the gang's escape towards north Cork, and the witness appeal.
victim, 23, male, Brazilian, non-irishsuspect