Youth killed in accident named

A teenager killed in a traffic accident as he walked home from a graduates' ball in Fermoy has been named as James Nash (19) …

A teenager killed in a traffic accident as he walked home from a graduates' ball in Fermoy has been named as James Nash (19) from Kilally, Kilworth, Co Cork.

Mr Nash had been attending the Colaiste an Chraoibhin ball in Fermoy and was walking home to Kilworth when he was knocked down by a truck on the main Cork-Dublin road at around 3.30 a.m. on Saturday.

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