Driver hurt after car failed to stop

A 65-year-old van driver was seriously injured when a young motorist failed to stop at a junction and crashed his car sidelong into the van in a midnight incident in the Cobh area.

Detective Garda Richard White said Patrick Cooney, aged 29, of 4 Ashcroft, Rock St, Cloyne, Co Cork, was driving a friend home shortly after midnight on February 1, 2013, when he came to a junction on the back road into Cobh from Cork and failed to stop at the stop sign.

The injured party, Jim Frahill, had right of way. His van ended up on the side of the road after being struck by Cooney’s car.