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A YOUNG man lost his life after his car veered off the road and hit a sign just moments after he complained about feeling unwell. Peter McGov- ern, (39), a mechanic, from Deco- made, Lissycasey, died in a single- car accident on August 27 last year. Ennis Coroner’s Court heard last week from John Hill who said he met
Mr McGovern, who was his neigh- bour, at a football blitz in Lissycasey that afternoon.
He said Mr McGovern complained of a pain on his right-hand side, low down on the stomach area. He said he suggested to Mr McGovern to get medical attention and he said he would attend Shannondoc.
Martin Bosowsla said he was driv- ing along behind Mr McGovern’s car
on the main road near Lissycasey.
He said Mr McGovern’s car veered onto the hard shoulder on the left- hand side. He said he veered in twice and, at the Maxol filling station, he hit a sign.
Mr McGovern’s wife Marie said he had left their home in Lissycasey on the morning in question to go to Mass.
She later went to the football pitch
with their son and daughter. She saw her husband at the pitch. She was later informed that her husband had been involved in an accident.
Garda David Connolly attended the scene of the accident. He said Mr McGovern’s car was embedded in a sign outside the forecourt of the ga- eh Xen
Pathologist Dr James O’Driscoll carried out a post-mortem examina-
tion on Mr McGovern’s body. He said that death was due to shock and haemorrhage in association with multiple injuries.
“It was possible he had acute cardiac pain while driving along,” he said.
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury. Coroner Iso- bel O’ Dea said that Mr McGovern’s death, at such a young age, was “very sad and tragic”.