19/08/2016

Man Killed In Co Offaly Collision

Gardaí in Co Offaly have issued an appeal for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision on Thursday, 18 August.

A man, aged in his 60s, was fatally injured when the car he was driving collided with a truck on the N62 between Cloghan and Birr, shortly after 4pm.

The driver of the truck was uninjured.

The collision occurred approximately half way between Galross Cross and Kennedy's Cross at Galross East, Cloghan, Co Offaly.

The road has been closed to facilitate an examination of the scene by Garda forensic collision investigators and traffic is being diverted.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is urged to contact garda.

(MH/CD)

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