18/01/2008

Roscrea Crash Victim Named

Gardaí have named the man who died in yesterday's crash in Roscrea, Co Tipperary as James Gibbons, 27, from Newtownrahan in Tullamore, Offaly.

Mr Gibbons died after the truck he was driving collided with a truck on the N62 near Ashmere around 8am on Thursday morning. Three trucks were involved in the collision and the two other truck drivers were taken to hospital in Nenagh for treatment, but their injuries were not life threatening.

(KMcA)


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