Driver's brain fog from covid-19 linked to Cork crash that claimed lives of elderly couple

Brain fog and general malaise associated with covid-19 was likely a significant factor in the crash, State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster said.

John Patrick Allen and Berna Allen were killed in a crash outside Ringaskiddy

A motorist's covid 19 symptoms may have contributed to a horror multi-car pile-up near Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, in which a couple in their 80s died.

A cloud of smoke and deadly silence, punctured by screams for help, met witnesses who tried to help John Patrick (Pat) Allen, 83, his wife Bernadette Allen, 82, and another injured motorist on August 30, 2022, just after 11am.