16/10/2008

Man Dead After Kerry Collision

A man has died in a road crash in Co Kerry on Thursday morning. The collision happened at Blackwater Bridge on the road between Sneem and Kenmare at around 8.30am this morning.

The man who was walking on the road was in his 50s.

The road is expected to remain closed for a number of hours while garda crash investigators examine the scene.

Meanwhile, the two men who died in yesterday's fatal road traffic collision in Kilkenny have been identified by garda.

The men were named as 30-year-old Paul Martin, Hunters Lane, Ashbourne, Co. Meath and 22-year-old Brian O'Keeffe, Cloughmore, Achill, Co. Mayo.

The two men were killed when the car they were traveling collided with a lorry. There were no other occupants in the car and the driver of the lorry received minor injuries.

(DW)


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