The first responders who 'never leave them at the side of a road alone’

With the grim death toll on the roads at record levels, Neil Michael talks to those directly impacted as concerns grow over a worsening trend

Cork City Fire Brigade Sub Officer Kevin Higgins. Picture: Neil Michael

One of the first fatal road collisions Kevin Higgins attended happened late at night.

Nobody else was around when the Cork City Fire Brigade engine he was in arrived in the cold dark of a remote country road.