He died one week after the serious collision in Downpatrick
A young man has died one week after a serious crash which claimed the life of another male.
The PSNI confirmed on Thursday, September 25, that a second man died following a two-vehicle collision in Downpatrick which occurred on Monday, September 15.
Caoimhin Teggart died in hospital on Monday night, September 22, from his injuries. He was 28 and from the Kilkeel area.
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21-year-old Ryan Cunningham also died following the collision between a silver VW Bora and a grey Toyota Avensis on the Ballydugan Road.
A PSNI spokesperson added: “The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information or dash-cam footage and who has not yet contacted police is asked to 101 quoting 760 15/09/25.”
At Ryan Cunningham’s funeral last week, Canon Sean Kearney said: “The news of Ryan’s death was a message which shocked and saddened all who knew him. We could scarcely believe it then and we can scarcely believe it now.
“We have lost a valued and loved member of our community. And really, we are trying to make sense of an aspect of human life, which is so difficult to understand.”
He continued: “We do not know why God has taken Ryan at this young age and probably we will never comprehend it this side of the grave. Today we need to ask ourselves, is there anything we can hold on to, to help us through this time of grief? And something to help us cope with the feeling of darkness and the feeling of a bright light, which has been extinguished?
“There is the memory of Ryan himself, his personality, his achievements, the gift that he was to his family and to his friends, to his primary school here in Killowen, and to St. Mark’s in Warrenpoint, and to his local community.
“For Ryan was a gift who helped spread God’s love everywhere he went during his short life. And for the gift of this young person, we give thanks and praise to God. We are all the better for having known him.”
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