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THE TRAGIC young father of three, who lost his life in an hor- rific road accident at Clonlara at the weekend, will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Shane Browne, from Ballycan- non Heights in Meelick, died after the truck he was driving was in collision with a four by four vehi- cle at Harold’s Cross in Clonlara, just after 1lam on Saturday morn- ing.
The passenger in the truck and the driver of the other vehicle were both injured in the collision.
One 38-year old man remains in a serious condition in hospital fol- lowing the crash.
Two units of the Limerick fire- brigade were called to the scene. Gardai at Ard Na Crusha station are investigating the crash.
Mr Browne was a driver by pro- fession. The 35-year old victim of Saturday’s crash had found new happiness in recent years with his partner, Maggie.
Sources close to his family said that he had been widowed several years ago, when his young wife died following an illness.
A native of Garryowen in Lim- erick, he had moved to the East Clare village in recent years, where he lived with Maggie and his three children. The youngest child is just 22 months.
Maggie and the three children were being comforted by relatives after hearing the shocking news.
A friend of the dead man de- scribed him as “a lovely man. This is a terrible shock and tragedy for his family, particularly with young children involved. No-one could believe it when we heard what had
happened.”
Mr Browne’s remains will be removed from Cross’s Funeral Home, Limerick, this evening at 7.30 and taken to St John’s Cathe- dral.
He will be buried in Mount Saint Oliver Cemetery after 10 o’clock Mass on Wednesday morning.
Mr Browne is survived by his partner Maggie, three children and his mother Toni.
Locals in the Clonlara area said that the spot where Saturday’s fatal accident took place, a cross- roads, was an extremely danger- ous location , where crashes had happened before.
One local man described it as ‘a blackspot for accidents. That cross roads is just deadly and there have been many crashes at that spot in the past.”