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Man jailed over fatal Laois crash that killed US tourist
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A 20-year-old man has been jailed for 15 months and disqualified from driving for 15 years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing the death a US tourist in Co Laois in 2022.
Jamie Kearns, of Cosby Avenue, Portlaoise, Co Laois had also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of dangerous driving causing serious harm to the victim’s husband.
Laura Jones, 59, from Colorado in the United States was killed in the crash near the Rock of Dunamase on 7 October 2022.
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