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The driver of a car that crossed the side of the road and caused the death of Offaly, a nine-year-old boy, in an oncoming vehicle told a paramedic he was seeking suicide, an investigation heard today (Friday, Sept. 9).
John Gorman, Walsh Island, died on December 29, 2015 when his car collided with a Volvo passing by Dariusz Alchimionek (48), Barrow Way, Spa Street, Portarlington in Ballycrystal, Geashill.
An investigation into Gorman’s death is underway at Tullamore Coroner’s Court, nearly seven years after the fatal collision.
Mr. Alchimionek had been convicted in the past of manslaughter through a circuit court, however, that verdict was overturned by the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeal heard that the trial handed down judgment on Judge Keenan Johnson and told the jury that a verdict of not blaming the insanity would make the utmost sense.
Offaly coroner Raymond Mahon told members of Gorman’s family circle that the investigation had been further delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The investigation found that Mr. Gorman was driving from Tullamore to Portarlington with his brother Adam, 16, on the afternoon of the crash.
Mr. Alchimionek, who had told his circle of relatives that he was heading to a nearby bottle bank, was coming in the opposite direction and suddenly crossed a white line non-stop in his Volvo, hitting M’s Opel Corsa. Gorman in front and on the driver’s side.
The Volvo then went head-to-head on the road and collided with a third vehicle.
The driver of the third vehicle, Karl Molloy, told the investigation that it was an older Volvo and gave the impression of being driving normally, but then gave a sudden rightward movement, which prevented the oncoming car from taking evasive action. .
Mr. Gorman was pronounced dead at the scene and Dr. Gorman was pronounced dead. Miriam Walsh, a pathologist who performed an autopsy at Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, testified that the victim’s death was due to head and abdominal trauma secondary to a car accident.
Dr. Walsh said there were several serious injuries to the head and chest. “The death would have been instantaneous at the time and absolutely unbearable,” he said.
Dr. Walsh said the tests showed no evidence of alcohol or in M’s system. Gorman.
A paramedic who responded to the emergency, Mateusz Musialski, said he spoke to a guy next to one of the injured and had a verbal exchange with him in Polish when he learned he spoke the language.
Musialski said the man called Dariusz Alchimionek and heard him say twice “I tried to kill myself,” but when a doctor asked him about it at the hospital, he replied “No. “
Sile Geraghty, a nurse who spoke to Mr. Alchimionek at the hospital, the guy told him, “My brain is sick. “
Adam Gorman, who was with his brother John Gorman in the car, said he himself did not forget the twist of fate, but recalled that John was a very careful driver, had both hands on the wheel and insisted that seat belts be worn. fastened before driving.
Maria O’Brien, who arrived at the crash site, said she felt a “rancid smell of alcohol” from Mr. Alchimionek when she spoke to him along the way.
Through Alchimionek’s wife, Katarzyna, who was summoned for the investigation but did not show up this morning, she refers to her husband watching movies about Isis in the run-up to the accident.
He feared that someone would come to Ireland and bring his circle of relatives back to his home country of Poland to fight ISIS.
Gerard Colleran, BL, who gave the impression of the Gorman family, told the investigation that it is very unsatisfactory that Ms. Alchimionek is not present.
The guard was looking to touch her, the investigation was heard and she in the past had indicated that she would be present.
The coroner also reported that Mr. Alchimionek does not provide for medical reasons.
Garda Thomas Brennan, a forensic investigator of the collisions, said there was no moderate or legal excuse for the Volvo to cross the white line to continue into the lane.
One of the Volvo’s rear tires was so deflated that it was “almost deflated,” but that didn’t categorically cause the collision.
The investigation continues this afternoon.
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