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16/01/2009
Elderly Woman Killed By Bus
An Elderly woman has been killed after being hit by a bus in Cork.
The 72-year-old woman who was walking at the time of the incident was fatally injured when a bus struck her. She was removed to Cork University Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly before 9.00am. Gardai are therefore now investigating the fatal collision, which occurred shortly before 8.00am this morning on the Southern Road in Cork city.
Gardaí are still at the scene and diversions are in place. Gardaí at Anglesea Street Garda station are appealing for any one who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.
The incident is the second collision between a bus and pedestrian this week.
A woman pedestrian in her late 20s/early 30s was injured on Tuesday evening when she was hit by a bus on one of Dublin's main thoroughfare.
Emergency services were called to the scene and the woman was taken by ambulance to St James's Hospital.
Dublin Bus have also launched an investigation into the incident.
(DW/BMcC)
The 72-year-old woman who was walking at the time of the incident was fatally injured when a bus struck her. She was removed to Cork University Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly before 9.00am. Gardai are therefore now investigating the fatal collision, which occurred shortly before 8.00am this morning on the Southern Road in Cork city.
Gardaí are still at the scene and diversions are in place. Gardaí at Anglesea Street Garda station are appealing for any one who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.
The incident is the second collision between a bus and pedestrian this week.
A woman pedestrian in her late 20s/early 30s was injured on Tuesday evening when she was hit by a bus on one of Dublin's main thoroughfare.
Emergency services were called to the scene and the woman was taken by ambulance to St James's Hospital.
Dublin Bus have also launched an investigation into the incident.
(DW/BMcC)
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