They had a few slips and skids on black ice as they began the climb up towards Cork airport from the Five Mile Bridge when they heard a loud bang behind them, he recalled. John Walsh, an off duty fire officer, said he was travelling with his colleague Anthony McCarthy to Cork at the time. Spun aroundĭamian Wesolowksi told the inquest that he, his grandfather and brother were wearing their seatbelts when the Lexus approached on a bend and it appeared to have spun around completely when it came on to their side of the road before the collision. He said neither he nor Damian Wesolowski were injured but Daniel Wesolowski was taken by ambulance to hospital to be treated for a cut. He recalled it being bright at the time and traffic being light but the it was cold and the roads were icy. Singer-songwriter ‘Black’ dies following car crash in Cork.
Late singer Black a true artist, mourners at funeral told.Mr Skorupa said Mr Vearncombe’s car continued spinning across the road into his path and the front of his car collided with the rear of Mr Vearncombe’s Lexus, which ended up going through a ditch before coming to a stop in a field. Mr Skorupa, a Polish national, said he was driving at about 60km/h in his Volkswagen Passat because the roads were slippery due to ice and as he approached a long left hand bend in the road at around 9am, he saw a green Lexus coming at him sideways and the car appeared to be spinning on the road surface. Zbigniew Skorupa (60) told the inquest he had been to Cork airport to collect his grandsons, Damian (20) and Daniel Wesolowski (16), and was returning home to Bandon when the collision occurred near the Five Mile Bridge. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death after hearing evidence of how Mr Vearncombe, a 53-year-old married father of three, died in Cork University Hospital on January 26th last following a two car collision on the Cork-Kinsale Road 16 days earlier.
British singer Colin Vearncombe, who had a hit with Wonderful Life under the stage name Black, died from severe head injuries sustained when his car spun out of control on an icy road and crashed into another car in Co Cork, an inquest has heard.