THE MAN WHO DIED FOLLOWING A ROAD COLLISION AT BELCARRA, CASTLEBAR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN NAMED.

HE WAS 25-YEAR-OLD BRIAN KEANE OF WEATHERFORT, CLOGHER, CLAREMORRIS AND A NATIVE OF SKIRDAGH, NEWPORT.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT ABOUT 7AM. MR. KEANE WAS THE DRIVER AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE CAR. 

HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

HIS BODY WAS REMOVED TO MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE A POST MORTEM EXAMINATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.

A SMALL SECTION OF THE ROAD AT BELCARRA HAS REOPENED TO TRAFFIC THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MARRIED FATHER OF TWO’S REMAINS WILL BE REPOSING AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CLAREMORRIS THIS EVENING FROM 8 O’CLOCK WITH FURTHER FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER.