Road rage victim dies after hurley attack

A VICTIM of road rage died after being assaulted with a hurley in south Dublin last weekend.

Raymond Bates, a 49-year-old construction worker, originally from England, was attacked and beaten about the head with the hurley during the incident which took place in Sandymount last Sunday evening. Mr Bates, who was living in Sandymount, went home that night but after feeling unwell the next day sought treatment at St Vincent’s Hospital.

He was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital but went into a coma and died on Monday evening.