Man killed in multi-vehicle crash in North Cork

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man in his 70s died in a horrific multi-vehicle road traffic accident in north Cork yesterday.

The victim was named locally as Rod Sweetnam, 73, from Castlemartyr, near Mildleton in East Cork

He was pronounced dead at the scene after the cab of the truck he was driving separated from the vehicle after it struck up to four cars travelling in the opposite direction on the N20, about 400m south of Mallow town centre at lunchtime yesterday.