Conflict of evidence at car crash inquest

A CONFLICT of evidence emerged at a resumed inquest in Killarney, yesterday, into the death of a 26-year-old Romanian man in a three-car crash on the Killarney bypass, on April 13 last.

Leading Killarney businessman Sean Coyne denied claims by a number of witnesses that the Mercedes he was driving crashed into the rear of an Open Vectra in which the deceased, Cornel Hristea, was a back seat passenger.

The Vectra in which Mr Hristea, a father of three with an address at 32 Countess Grove, Killarney, was travelling, burst into flames on impact and he died at the scene from extensive burns.