Three people have died following road crashes in counties Donegal and Dublin on Wednesday.
A man and a woman were fatally injured in a collision involving two cars which occurred on the N56 at Kilmacrennan at 11.50pm, An Garda Síochána said in a statement.
“The driver (male, 70s) and passenger (female, 70s) in one of the cars suffered fatal injuries,” it added. “The driver of the second car, a woman aged in her 40s, was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment of serious but non-life threatening injuries.”
Gardaí have notified the local coroner and arrangements are to be made to carry out postmortems on the deceased.
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The road, between Donegal Town and Letterkenny, was partly closed overnight ahead of an examination of the crash site by Garda investigators on Thursday, with diversions in place.
Anyone who witnessed the crash, or with relevant camera footage, is asked to contact Milford Garda station on (074) 915 3060, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
Meanwhile, a man has died after his motorcycle crashed in Finglas, Dublin, on Wednesday afternoon. Gardaí said they were alerted to the incident on the Old North Road shortly after 2pm.
“The motorcyclist, a man aged in his 20s, was fatally injured,” the force said in a statement.
Arrangements are to be made for a postmortem, and the road has reopened in fully following the completion of a technical examination, the spokesman said.
Anyone with any information about the crash is asked to contact Finglas Garda station on (01) 666 7500, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
A total of 109 people have died on the State’s roads so far this year as of Thursday morning, an increase of 17 (18 per cent) on the same period last year.
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