Inquest finds no defects in A5 crash that killed three

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 08:02 · Archive

Three people died in a head-on collision between a minibus and a lorry on the A5 near Aughnacloy in April 2023.

Dan McKane, his sister Christine McKane and their aunt Julia McSorley were killed in the head-on collision on the A5 Tullyvar Road on 27 April 2023. The minibus they were travelling in veered on to the wrong side of the road before striking a lorry.

The inquest heard both vehicles involved were in good working order and there were no defects in the road. The Coroner Joe McCrisken said it was not possible to say why the minibus crossed the central line. The family had been returning home to Northern Ireland after taking an overnight ferry from Holyhead via Dublin port. Dan McKane, who was driving the nine-seater Ford Transit minibus, was sharing the driving duties with his brother William, who told the coroner Dan was an experienced driver very familiar with the road.

William McKane said his brother was 'in good form', eating sweets and chatting during the journey from Corby, England, where they had been attending a family funeral. Dan's wife Anne Marie McKane, who had been sleeping at the time of the crash, told the inquest she woke with the impact, describing it as 'huge and so loud like something had burst'. Emergency services who attended the scene described it as 'horrific'.

How it is being reported

• ‘There was a horrific bang… I could smell the airbags’: Dashcam footage played at A5 crash inquestInquest hears head-on collision between minibus and HGV caused deaths of three family membersBelfast Telegraph · 21 Oct, 07:25
• Inquest finds no road or vehicle defects in fatal A5 crashThree people were killed when a minibus was in collision with a lorry on the A5 Tullyvar Road in 2023.BBC Northern Ireland · 20 Oct, 14:37

In this story: Dan McKane · Christine McKane · Julia McSorley · William McKane · Joe McCrisken · A5 Tullyvar Road · Aughnacloy

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