Man drowned in River Lee

A MAN walking his new dog on the banks of the River Lee fell in and drowned, an inquest established yesterday.

Cork City Coroner’s Court heard how a passerby spotted the body of Samuel Vaughan, aged 67, from St Finbarr’s Road, Cork, floating in the river in the grounds of UCC at about 3.30pm on June 4 last.

A water rescue unit from the Cork City Fire Brigade retrieved his body. Paramedics began CPR and restored his pulse before rushing him by ambulance to the Mercy Hospital.