13/08/2014

Gardaí In Cork Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal M8 Car Crash

Gardaí in Cork have reported the death of a 28-year-old in a road accident on the M8 between Mitchelstown and Fermoy.

The man is understood to have been in a car that collided with a four-wheel drive vehicle.

Two women in the second vehicle are being treated at Cork University Hospital. The 71-year-old driver is understood to be seriously injured.

A forensic examination of the accident scene is underway.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to the accident to contact Fermoy Garda Station on 021-4522000.

(MH/CD)

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