Man, woman die in road incidents

Two people have died in separate incidents on the State's roads yesterday.

Two people have died in separate incidents on the State's roads yesterday.

In Co Limerick, a female pedestrian (60) was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a 4x4 vehicle at about 8pm at Mountplummer, Broadford, Co Limerick.

Her body was removed to Limerick Regional Hospital, where a postmortem will take place later today. The scene was sealed off to facilitate a forensic investigation but reopened last night.

Any witnesses are asked to contact gardaí at Newcastle West on 069 20650 or any Garda station.

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Elsewhere, a man (22) died in Co Cavan yesterday after a single car crash on Sunday morning at Corascashel, Dowra.

A postmortem on the victim's body is expected today after it was taken to Navan hospital.