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07/04/2003
Priest dies following road accident
A Catholic priest has died following a road traffic accident in Newry at the weekend.
Father Sean McCartan, the parish priest at the Church of Sacred Heart in Cloghogue, was killed when the car he was travelling in collided with a stolen car on the Dublin Road in the town.
The 64-year-old died when his car was involved in a head-on collision with a stolen vehicle driven by Martin James Kelly, 20, from Barrack Street in Dundalk.
Elsewhere, a man has died following an accident involving his motorcycle. Steven Gareth Orr, from Annalong, died when his motorcycle left the main coast road from Annalong to Newcastle on Sunday.
(MB)
Father Sean McCartan, the parish priest at the Church of Sacred Heart in Cloghogue, was killed when the car he was travelling in collided with a stolen car on the Dublin Road in the town.
The 64-year-old died when his car was involved in a head-on collision with a stolen vehicle driven by Martin James Kelly, 20, from Barrack Street in Dundalk.
Elsewhere, a man has died following an accident involving his motorcycle. Steven Gareth Orr, from Annalong, died when his motorcycle left the main coast road from Annalong to Newcastle on Sunday.
(MB)
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