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Carn man 'critical' after crash
11.11.08
By Damian Dowds, Inishowen Independent
A CARNDONAGH family were last night maintaining a
vigil at the bedside of Kenny Kelly (27) at
Altnagelvin Hospital.
The Western Health and Social Care trust said that
Mr Kelly was in a “critical condition” after being
transferred to the Waterside hospital by ambulance
following a single vehicle accident at Convent Road
in Carn at 11.45pm on Sunday night.
Gardaí at Buncrana said that Mr Kelly’s Mitsubishi
Evo collided with a wall adjacent to Kelly’s service
station on Convent Road at 11.45pm. The road
remained closed with diversions put in place for
most of the day while technical examinations were
carried out at the scene. |
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The son of Paddy Kelly
(Charlie Neil) and Elizabeth Kelly nee Davenport of
Convent Road in the town, Kenny works in England and
regularly comes home to Carndonagh at the weekend.
Originally from Glengad, Paddy Kelly’s cousin John
Kelly, and his son Stephen, died in the Carrickatine
tragedy in 1996. |
The crash came less
than 24 hours after three men lost their lives in a
fatal road traffic accident near Ballyshannon on
Sunday morning. PJ Branley, the mayor of
Ballyshannon, Dessie McNulty from Ballintra and
Michael O’Sullivan from Ballyshannon all died in a
collision between two vehicles on the N13 between
Donegal Town and Ballyshannon.
Meanwhile, Carndonagh will fall silent this morning
as the town pays its respects to Sean McDaid
(Birdie) who tragically drowned a fortnight ago
while on holidays with his wife Ellen and young
family in Majorca. Mr McDaid’s remains returned to
Carndonagh over the weekend and were waked at the
home of his parents, Billy and Maureen, on the
Mountain Road. The requiem mass will be at 11am this
morning. |
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