Coroner appeals for witnesses to fatal crash involving SUV

A CORONER has appealed to anyone with information about an off-road crash involving a stolen SUV, in which a teenager was fatally injured, to come forward and assist gardaí with their investigation.

John Paul Black, known as Paul by his family, of Eastwood, Finglas, Dublin 11, was an occupant of a stolen Mitsubishi Pajero that went out of control at Dunsink tip head near Finglas and plunged into a sunken gully on September 10, 2009.

There was no evidence the 15-year-old was driving the vehicle, Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard.