17/02/2015

Five Injured In Serious Road Accident In Cork

Five people are being treated in hospital following a serious road accident in Cork.

A four-year-old boy and a woman aged in her 30s are believed to be in a serious condition following the five-vehicle collision at Glencaum on the N20 main Cork-Limerick Road at about 13:40.

Three others are in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

A forensic examination of the crash site is to be carried out as part of an investigation to establish the cause of the accident.

(MH/CD)

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