A 20-year-old man was on the phone to his dad trying to flee Storm Eowyn when a tree fell and killed him. Kacper Dudek was trying to drive to safety when his car was crushed beneath the tree which was uprooted in record breaking 114mph winds.

Storm Eowyn has battered the British Isles today with wind speeds of up to 90mph and has so far claimed the lives of two people in incidents in Ireland and Scotland

A man who died after a tree fell on his car in Co Donegal during Storm Éowyn has been named as 20-year-old Kacper Dudek.

A young man, who died after a tree fell on his car during high winds in Storm Éowyn, has been named locally. Kacper Dudek (20) was fatally injured during the incident on Friday morning. Gardaí said they were alerted to a “serious road traffic incident” at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Co Donegal at approximately 5.30am.

An Garda Síochaná confirmed the identity of the victim, as 20-year-old Kacper Dudek, on Saturday morning, as investigations into the tragic road traffic collision continues. Kacper who was born in Poland but raised in Lifford, Donegal, the Irish Mirror has reported.

A statement by An Garda Síochána read: “Gardaí in Raphoe continue to investigate the fatal road traffic incident that occurred at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Donegal on Friday morning 24th January 2025 which resulted in the death of Kacper Dudek (20).

A FALLEN tree has been cleared after falling in Storm Éowyn yesterday. As reported by The Press, the tree fell just before 1.30pm yesterday (January 24) on a path close to Scarborough Bridge. This impacted access to and from the nearby Royal Mail office,

A tree uprooted by Storm Eowyn has crushed a young man to death as he attempted to drive away from what he recognised to be a dangerous road under the historic weather conditions