Man killed as he tended dog injured in crash

A MIDDLE-AGED man was killed as he went to attend his badly injured dog after it was hit by a car, an inquest heard yesterday.

Jack Ryan, 55, from Kilteelym, Co Limerick, was out walking his dog on the night of March 13 last.

A motorist told an inquest in Limerick yesterday that he saw Mr Ryan standing on the side of the road near Kilteely.