Man who died in hit and run crash on M50 was 'wonderful Dad'

Hong Qing Qu (33) called his wife Li Liu (27) before he left his work at the Red Rice restaurant in Kimmage in the early hours of last Tuesday.

The Chinese fast-food delivery driver, who has a three-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter, was driving back to his Mulhuddart home when an Audi A3 ploughed into the side of his Mitsubishi Colt.

The occupants of the Audi were picked up by another car and driven away from the scene.

Qing Qu’s cousin Xiaoyan Pan, speaking to the Irish Independent,  has told how his parents still don’t know he is dead.

She said: “His parents haven’t seen him in 10 years and we just couldn’t tell them over the phone their son had died. We are waiting until they arrive and it’s just awful.”

“Hong was such a wonderful dad and a hard-working husband. When he phoned Li to tell her he would be home soon she had no idea these would be his last ever words.”