Irishman’s body put in van full of rubbish in New York

A New York Medical Examiner Office employee has been suspended after the body of a young Irishman was placed in a van full of rubbish after his tragic death over the weekend.

Kevin Bell, a 26-year-old from Newry who was on a J1 visa, was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning in an apparent hit-and-run incident in the Bronx.

According to the New York Post, the young victim was killed at about 3.30am a few blocks from the Major Deegan Expressway, on East 233rd St, which is located in the heavily Irish area of Woodlawn.