Fatal crash on ungritted road

A FATHER and his only son were killed in a head-on collision last winter because a section of road they were travelling on was not gritted, an inquest has heard.

John Gallagher, 55, who was driving and his son Sean, 24, died when their green Ford Mondeo hit an icy patch, spun around and careered into the path of an oncoming car.

The accident happened shortly after 10am on January 30, 2010, on a sweeping bend on the main Derry to Letterkenny Road at Carnamaddy, Burt, Co Donegal.

The driver of the other car was 59-year-old Noreen McGrory from Drimark, Donegal Town, who was travelling alone in a silver Skoda Superb. she suffered a number of injuries to her chest, fingers and legs.