Garda appeal after fatal crash
John Granville from Barrack Hill, Fermoy, was driving to Cork when his blue Fiat Cinquecento was involved in a head-on-collision with a lorry on the main Cork-Dublin road, two miles south of the village of Rathcormac.
The accident happened at 7.10am and Mr Granville was pronounced dead at the scene by a local doctor.
His body had to be cut from the wreckage by fire brigade personnel, and it was taken to Cork University Hospital where a post mortem was carried out yesterday afternoon.
The car he had been travelling in was taken to Fermoy where it was technically examined by garda experts.
Superintendent Flor Horan appealed for anybody who witnessed the accident to contact Fermoy garda station at 025-82100.
Mr Granville, a married father-of-three, joined the army in 1985 as a trooper with 1st Cavalry Squadron, based at Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy.
When that camp closed a few years ago he, along with his unit, was transferred to Collins Barracks in Cork.
A Defence Forces spokesperson said yesterday that “a cloud had descended over Collins Barracks” and the news of Mr Granville’s death had shocked and saddened his colleagues.
“He was a very popular member of his unit and he was well got with everybody.”
Meanwhile, a man in his 30s died in hospital yesterday morning as a result of injuries he’d received in car crash in Co Kerry.
The man was a passenger in car which struck a wall at Liscahane, near Ardfert at 11pm on Monday. No other vehicle was involved.
Four people were in the car at the time and they were all taken to Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.
The man died early yesterday morning.
One of the injured was discharged after treatment. Two others remain in hospital and their condition was described as comfortable.
Gardaí said they would not be releasing the dead man’s name until all his relatives had been contacted.
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