GOOD SAMARITAN IS BURIED…
By ATWadmin On September 6th, 2007I’m sure we all travel along some roads which we know to be dangerous. On my way to my seaside apartment in the little village of Castlerock, I drive along a piece of highway called Frosse’s Road. It is notorious for the amount of accidents that occur along it, and over the years I have witnessed more than a few very nasty prangs, but sadly, there have also been many fatalities. I was thinking about this when I read about the death of Ronnie Cochrane who had helped crash victims at a fatal smash on the Frosses Road on Friday – just hours before he was killed in similar circumstances elsewhere.
Mr Cochrane was killed in a three-car collision just outside Garvagh in Co Londonderry. Hours earlier, the 56-year-old Good Samaritan had come across a road traffic collision in which an elderly man died after his car came into collision with a bus on the A26 road, which links Ballymena to Coleraine. Mr Cochrane stayed at the scene to assist with the injured until help came. In a freak coincidence, he died around seven hours later near to his home town.
How terribly sad that such a good Samaritan would meet his end in such a way. Of course it is not for the likes of me to question the ways in which God works, but you can’t help but reflect on the horror of these events. I wish the Roads Service wou ld actually DO something about this section of road, it needs to be vastly improved. It’s not about PSNI speed traps, it’s about putting in place a decent length of carriageway.
Good morning again David.
These were terrible accidents but this road is no more dangerous than the road from Belfast to Newry. This road too has been the cause of many a fatality. It’s not the roads, its the people who drive at high speeds without due care and attention. A dual carriage way here won’t alieviate fatal accidents occuring, it really boils down to speed limit and due care and attention to the road conditions. The dual carriage way from Belfast to Newry is also notorious for fatalies due to speed. Speed traps would certainly help.
" I wish the Roads Service wou ld actually DO something about this section of road" (emphasis mine)
You sound like a leftist, David