27/08/2019

Elderly Man Dies In Cork Collision

A man in his 70s has died following a single vehicle collision in west Cork on Saturday 24 August.

The incident occurred shortly after 6pm on the Main Street in Skibbereen and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident is being treated as a sudden death and no-one else is believed to have been injured.



(JG/MH)

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