by Alan Jacques
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Kildimo in County Limerick, who died in a tragic road accident over the weekend, was laid to rest this Wednesday.
Adam Galvin was killed in an early morning single-vehicle collision on Sunday at 2.30am on the N59 in the townland of Corcullen in Galway. The sole occupant of the car, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A final year student of Pharmaceutical and Forensic Science at Limerick Institute of Technology, the popular young man was also a former student of Salesian College in Pallaskenry. Adam had recently completed an internship at pharmaceutical company Regeneron in Limerick.
Meanwhile, gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 11.55am on the N18 at Cratloekeel a few miles from Limerick City last Saturday.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle involved, a man in his 40s, sustained serious injuries and was taken to Limerick University Hospital where he later passed away. A post-mortem examination will be conducted at a later date.
The N18 at Cratloekeel between Junction 5 Cratloe and Junction 4 Limerick was closed following the accident as Forensic Collision Investigators conducted an examination of the scene.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Henry Street Garda Station on 061 212400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
Two weeks earlier, a County Limerick businessman was killed on the same stretch of the N18 when his four-wheel drive vehicle overturned between the exits for Bunratty and Sixmilebridge.
Ken Smyth from Askeaton, who was described as a farmer and businessman in his late 40s, was the sole occupant of the vehicle and he died at the scene as firefighters and paramedics tried to free him.
