A man has been killed after a car hit the central median of the N6 near Kinnegad in Co Westmeath this morning.
The dead man was a passenger in the car and died instantly in the crash at 10.40am. The driver has been taken to Mullingar Hospital where his condition is described as not life-threatening.
No other vehicle was involved. This death brings to 160 the number of people killed on the roads so far this year, down 39 compared with the same period last year.