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Eoin McCarthy Inquest Deepens | Cork News
In a gripping inquest into the tragic death of rally driver Eoin McCarthy, who died in February 2022 during the Killarney Forest Rally, court proceedings reveal harrowing details: his car slid backward into a shallow stream after hitting bales near a bridge, leaving him submerged and unresponsive. His co-driver Daniel O’Brien, whose statement took five months to obtain, described battling heavy rain and an immobilized ambulance while trying to save him. The official cause? Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy — brain damage from lack of oxygen after being upside down underwater. Witnesses also…
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