Driver who survived horrific crash hoping his luck will last

A driver who survived a horrific road incident early yesterday has revealed that the first thing he did, after leaving hospital, was to play the Lotto.

Fishermen Michael Byrne, 38, was driving to work when he hit a patch of black ice just after 5am.

His VW Golf car ended up upside down in a river at a notorious accident blackspot near Greencastle in Co Donegal, but amazingly he was rescued from the car.