Louth TD pays tribute to men killed in Gormanston collision

Louth TD, Ruairí Ó Murchú, has said that the news of two men’s deaths following a crash involving a lorry, bus and car in Gormanston on Monday, ‘heaps tragedy upon tragedy’, coming so soon after the loss of five young people who died following a crash in Dundalk.

The driver of the lorry, a man in his 40s named locally as Wesley O’Reilly, and the driver of the bus, a man in his 50s, named locally as Paul Conway from Tallanstown, were pronounced dead at the scene in Gormanston on Monday morning.

The car driver – a woman in her 40s – and a teenage girl who was a passenger of the car were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The woman was brought to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and the girl was first admitted to our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda before being transferred to Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin.

A number of other people were also taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. 

Deputy Ó Murchú said the communities in Louth and Meath are ‘once against devastated at the horrendous loss of life’ after the accident between a lorry and a bus.

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Deputy Ó Murchú said: ‘My heart goes out to the families and friends of Paul Conway and Wesley O’Reilly who lost their lives in the accident on Monday. Both men left their families in the early morning to go to work, fully expecting to return home to their loved ones.

“Their deaths are widely felt in the communities where they lived and worked and, coming so soon after the crash that claimed the lives of five young people near Dundalk recently, heaps tragedy upon tragedy”.