Gardaí investigating fatal crash in Donegal

Gardaí are investigating the death of an elderly woman in a car crash in Co Donegal yesterday afternoon.

Gardaí are investigating the death of an elderly woman in a car crash in Co Donegal yesterday afternoon.

The front-seat passenger (70) was involved in a head-on collision between two cars at Effishmore, Clonmany, at 4.45pm yesterday .

She was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was removed to Letterkenny General Hospital where a postmortem will take place.

She became the 253rd road crash victim to die this year.

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