An inquest into the death of a County Clare Farmer has heard he was struck by a train as he attempted to push a cow off the line.
62 year old James McInerney died on June 27th last after the incident on a railway crossing near his home in Ralahine South, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
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Limerick’s coroner’s court heard yesterday that train driver Anthony Ryan was driving towards the crossing at 50mph when he saw someone attempting to push a cow off the line.
He recalled that the train hit the cow but said he was not immediately aware a person had been struck until the train stopped and he went to investigate.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
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