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Newmarket in shock after Australian Road death

The close knit community of Newmarket on Fergus is in shock today following a fatal road crash in Australia which claimed the life of a local woman.

31 year old Kelly Meehan- who was born in the US- but whose father and extended family comes from Newmarket, who was the passenger in a car involved in a head on collision with another vehicle on the Great Northern Highway on  Monday.

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Her boyfriend- Patrick Gibbs – who hails from Limerick was seriously injured in the crash and is in a stable condition in hospital.

According to reporters in Australia the pair – who were returning from the airport in Perth after a trip home to Ireland were on the highway when another vehicle veered onto the wrong side of the road, crashing into them.

Major Crash investigators are at the scene in Perth today and investigations will continue over the coming days to try and find the cause of the incident.

Newmarket on Fergus Councillor Pat McMahon  has extended his sympathies to Kelly Meehan’s  father and all the extended family who live locally
 

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