Crash on ‘notorious stretch’

THE horrific crash which claimed four lives yesterday was on a notorious stretch of road.

A local resident said he had stopped counting the number of fatal accidents. Carsten Boettger moved to the South Tipperary area 20 years ago where he runs a mixed farm and the Kilcoran Farm Hostel.

“Up to a few years ago, I have counted 26 deaths on the stretch of road between Cahir and Skeheenrinky,” said German-born Mr Boettger.

“I was at the scene and, apart from the personal tragedy of so many lives lost, I was moved by the shell-shocked looks on the faces of the fire brigade personnel.

“It must have been sheer hell for them to have to cut those people out of the wreckage and I don’t think firemen get the recognition they deserve,” he said.

A local radio journalist on her way to work came across the accident.

Tipp FM’s Aisling Hyland said it was the worst tragedy on that stretch of road in living memory.