Inquest hears man likely lost control of car on greasy road

A YOUNG man who was wearing his seatbelt died after his car hit a greasy patch on the road and ploughed into another car.

Cork Coroner’s Court heard how Stephen Hayes, 24, from Cashel, Co Tipperary, died from massive head injuries in Cork University Hospital on June 23, 2006, five days after the accident on the main Cork to Dublin road.

The inquest into his death was told that Mr Hayes was driving two friends, Joseph Breen and Ellen Croke, in his Toyota Corolla south towards Cashel when they entered a sweeping left-hand bend at Ballytrasna, close to the Horse and Jockey, at about 3pm on Sunday, June 18.