Mechanic dragged along as truck crashes into house

GARDAÍ said a mechanic repairing a truck was very fortunate not to have been killed when it rolled down a hill, dragging him along.

James Keniry came to the help of a lorry driver from west Cork when his vehicle broke down on the hill in Youghal, Co Cork.

According to gardaí, the 28-year-old mechanic was working underneath the vehicle at the time it rolled backwards.