Lorry driver accused of causing deaths of Tyrone trio in Christmas …

A LORRY driver has appeared in court on accused of causing the deaths of three Tyrone men and serious injuries to a fourth during a horrific collision two Christmases ago.

Peter McNamee, from Sixmilecross; Nathan Corrigan, from Garvaghy and Peter Finnegan, from Clogher, who were all aged in their 20s, were travelling in a car on the A5 Omagh Road, Garvaghy which was in collision with a Volvo truck on December 27, 2021.

All three died at the scene while the fourth man sustained serious injuries.

Dublin-based HGV driver Donatas Timinskas is accused of causing the deaths and GBH by driving dangerously.

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