Tributes were paid to Denis Metcalfe after he was killed when his car hit a pole at 11.50pm on Sunday, the Irish Mirror reports.
A Garda source revealed there was no speed issue or any other vehicles involved in the accident at Banogue, Co Limerick.
A passing off-duty nurse tended to the 25-year-old, who collapsed moments after he got out of the car when it came to a slow stop.
The source said: “There was a nurse on the scene fairly quickly and she tried to keep him alive.
“He was also attended by an ambulance crew with a defibrillator. When he got out of the car a witness saw he just collapsed so I would say it was a [sudden] medical condition.
“He was a healthy guy apparently and he got out of the car and spoke to a witness and then collapsed.”
First Officer Metcalfe joined Stobart Air, formerly Aer Arann, in March.
The airline paid tribute to the “very popular and highly regarded” pilot, from Copstown Cross in Mallow, Co Cork.
A spokesman said: “In his short time with us, Denis made a positive impact with everyone who worked with him. His skills as a pilot had already marked him out as a highly-talented professional with a promising career ahead.
“On behalf of everyone at the airline, we extend our deepest sympathies to Denis’s family, friends and neighbours. He will be greatly missed.”
Mallow councillor Dan Joe Fitzgerald, who knows Mr Metcalfe’s building contractor father, said: “It’s desperately sad, a very hard and tough time for the family.”
His remains were taken to University Hospital Limerick for a postmortem.
- Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk
Denis Metcalfe who died on Sunday night
Denis Metcalfe, 25, from Copstown in Mallow, was driving his black Peugeot car when it hit a tree on the N20 Limerick-Cork road at Ballyphillip, Banogue, Co Limerick, around 11.50pm on Sunday.
It is understood Mr Metcalfe had been on his way home from Shannon, on the main Limerick to Cork route, when the incident occurred.
Banogue is on the Limerick side of Charleville.
Mr Metcalfe had been working as a pilot with Stobart Air in Shannon since March.
Previously, he had been a senior instructor with the Cork-based Atlantic Flight Training Academy.
He was a First Officer Pilot with Stobart Air, formerly Aer Arann, based at Shannon.
Stobart Air spoke of Mr Metcalfe in glowing terms, saying he would be a great loss.
“Everyone at Stobart Air is deeply saddened by the tragic passing last night of our colleague, First Officer Denis Metcalfe.
“Denis joined Stobart Air on March 31 this year. A former flight instructor at the Atlantic Flight Training Centre, Denis successfully completed his pilot training and was assigned to our Shannon Airport base.
“He quickly became a very popular and highly regarded member of staff. In his short time with us, Denis made a positive impact with everyone who worked with him. His skills as a pilot had already marked him out as a highly talented professional, with a promising career ahead.
On behalf of everyone at the airline, we extend our deepest sympathies to Denis’s family, friends and neighbors in Copstown Cross in Mallow. He will be greatly missed by everyone at Stobart Air.”
Stobart Air operates regional flights under Aer Lingus.
Mr Metcalfe was pronounced dead at the scene and his remains were taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where a postmortem took place yesterday.
The roadway was closed for a number of hours for a forensic examination of the scene.
The death follows two fatalities in a crash at Ballynahina, on the outskirts of Cork city on Saturday morning, and a fatal lorry accident near Enniskeane last Monday.
Gardaí are renewing an appeal to motorists to take extreme caution on the roads.
Gardaí in Newcastlewest have appealed for anyone who saw the incident to contact them on 069 20650.
- Source: http://www.eveningecho.ie
The vehicle crash scene
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