Cyclist died after crashing into parked jeep

A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquest heard how an experienced cyclist, who raised thousands of euro for Cork charities, struck a parked jeep after its driver pulled into the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway to ask him for directions.

Cork City Coroner’s Court was told yesterday that retired CIT lecturer Paddy Cadogan, 78, from Bishopstown, died in Cork University Hospital (CUH) on June 11, 2016, arising from injuries sustained in the accident on the N22 Ballincollig bypass just days earlier.

The driver of the jeep, Andrew O’Dea, 81, from Kildorrery, told the inquest he had planned to visit a friend in Marymount Hospice, off the N22, on the afternoon of June 7 but took a wrong exit and ended up driving westbound on the bypass.