Driver and boy involved in crash both ‘critical’

FEARS are growing for the driver of a car involved in a serious crash in south Tipperary on Saturday after his condition deteriorated in hospital.

A young boy who was crushed under the car when it left the road near Cashel on Saturday night and collided with a house remains in a critical condition. The driver, Joe O’Leary, 38, was yesterday described as critical after being listed as stable on Monday.

It is understood that Mr O’Leary has suffered swelling of the brain and that doctors at Cork University Hospital were yesterday assessing the extent of the damage.