Firefighter was knocked down by colleague’s body, court told

A FIREFIGHTER told how he was knocked to the ground by the body of a colleague which had been hurled violently through the air when a car smashed into emergency services personnel as they were attending a road traffic accident in Co Limerick.

Medical evidence was given at Limerick Circuit Court that Garda Brian Kelleher and firefighter, Mike Liston, died from “multiple catastrophic injuries consistent with a high-speed vehicle impact”.

They had gone to the scene of a single car accident and were recovering property from an upturned car when they were killed.