'JOHN DEPARTED LIFE TOO YOUNG'

Family's tribute to man killed in America while riding on a scooter

- BY PAT FLANAGAN

INJURIES John Kirby, also right, died in Texas

THE family of a young Irishman who died in a horror road accident have said he “departed life too young”.

John Kirby's death notice was posted on RIP.ie yesterday stating that arrangements will be announced after his remains are repatriated.

The business and marketing graduate, who was in his early 20s and from Sandymount, Dublin, had been working in the US on a J1 visa for the past several months.

Mr Kirby, who was in his 20s, was found lying on a roadway in Austin, Texas with serious head injuries in the early hours of last Saturday.

It was initially believed the talented rugby player had been involved in a road accident involving a truck.