01/08/2013

Elderly Woman Killed In Co Kildare Road Crash

An elderly woman has been killed in a single vehicle road crash in Co Kildare.

The accident happened at around 3.30pm on Wednesday on the Derrinturn to Carbury Road near the Offaly-Kildare border.

The 76-year-old woman was taken to Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore where she died a short time later.

It is thought she may have had an underlying medical condition, according to garda.

A 77-year-old man and a 10-year-old boy were also in the car at the time of the crash. They were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash is underway.

(MH/JP)

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