Man killed in Cork river crash named as nursing home worker and father of two

Joice Thomas, who was killed when his car crashed in Cork. Picture: GoFundMe

The man who was killed when his car crashed into a river on Cork had moved to Ireland from India last year.

Joice Thomas, who lived in Ballynoe in east Cork with his wife and their two young children, had finished work in the kitchen of Ballincurrig nursing home on Friday night and was on his way to meet friends when the accident occurred between Conna and Aghern villages.