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A JURY has returned a verdict of ac- cidental death in the case of a man involved in a road traffic accident on the road between Tulla and Gort in October last year.
The inquest into the death of 29- year-old Patrick Murphy heard that he died after he got trapped when his jeep overturned on October 27, 2007. No other vehicle was involved in the collision, the Coroners Court in En- nis was told.
Mr Murphy, a native of Crusheen, had been out socialising with friends
in Tulla on the night the accident oc- ie Kee
The deceased’s brother James Mur- phy told the court that Patrick had gone to get his get his phone from his car after leaving the Teach Ol pub in Tulla.
He said, “The first I heard of what had happened was when Valerie Hogan came out and said Pat had been in accident. We drove out to the scene. I knew it wasn’t good when I saw his back sticking out.”
Garda Liam Donoghue was called to the scene of the accident. He told the court that when he arrived he saw
‘‘a jeep overturned on the correct side of the road”.
In his deposition Dr Rasheed, a consultant anesthetist on duty in En- nis hospital on the night of the ac- cident, said that “resuscitation was started and every step was taken to resuscitate him (Patrick Murphy)”.
Mr Murphy was pronounced dead at 4.10am on the morning of October 28.
State Pathologist Dr Marie Cas- sidy told the Coroner’s Court that blood and urine tests taken from Mr Murphy recorded high levels of alcohol. She said the cause of death
was asphyxia caused by a crush in- jury. Dr Cassidy also found evidence of Sarcoidosis, a rare disease which affects the immune system, and said this may have been have contributory cause of Mr Murphy’s death.
Directing the jury, County Coroner Isobel O’Dea said that the appro- priate verdict was one of accidental olerldee
Ms O’Dea said Mr Murphy’s death was a “very sad and tragic accident”.
Inspector Tom Kennedy also ex- pressed sympathy on behalf of the Clare Garda Division to Mr Mur- eMac E-TeOvO RTA