‘Miracle’ more weren’t killed in fatal crash

IT was “a miracle” more people weren’t killed when a crash involving two cars travelling at speeds of up to 180km/h claimed the life of one of the drivers, an inquest heard yesterday.

Two high-performance Audi cars clipped off each other while travelling at high speed along a regional road between Cashel and Rosegreen in south Tipperary on July 12, 2008, resulting in the death of Raymond Cunningham, aged 24, from Tullamaine, Fethard, Co Tipperary.

He was travelling alone in a red Audi TT while the other car involved in the crash, a black Audi A5 being driven by Joe O’Leary, aged 38, became airborne and crashed into the gable end of a house, pinning a young boy underneath it.