A man jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of a young woman yesterday withdrew a High Court action in which he claimed damages for injuries he received in the fatal crash.

The wreckage at the scene of a fatal three-car crash was the worst a forensic engineer had ever seen in an urban area, he told the High Court in Limerick yesterday.

A Limerick man who was jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of a 19-year-old woman claimed yesterday he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

A LEADING motorcycle racer was one of five people killed on the country’s roads over the weekend.

A minibus driver was killed and several of his passengers injured today in the continuing carnage on Irish roads.