Two probes after tractor crash death

Two separate investigations are under way following the death of a young man in a tractor accident in North Cork early yesterday.

The victim, named locally as Damien Forde, 25, from the Glanworth area, was killed when the tractor he was driving struck a ditch as it travelled from Glanworth to String Crossjust after midnight.

The tractor crashed through the ditch and came to rest in a field. Mr Forde was pronounced dead at the scene. The alarm was raised, the site was preserved, and Mr Forde’s body remained at the scene until later in the morning to allow for a forensic investigation by Garda road traffic collision investigators.