Triple death driver on drink and drug binge, inquest told

A driver was on a cocaine and drink fuelled binge when he crashed his car at high speed killing the three young back-seat passengers, an inquest heard tonight.

Peter O’Rourke and Anthony Murphy, both 18, who were out celebrating their Leaving Certificate exams which had just finished that day, received serious head injuries in the crash at 3.45am on June 20, 2003.