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15/08/2008
Two Killed In Co. Limerick Road Crash
Two people have died following a road crash in Co. Limerick on Thursday.
The driver and passenger in the car, a 60 year-old man and a 59 year-old woman, were both killed in the incident, which happened between Limerick and Mitchelstown.
Their car collided with a truck in Ballylanders on the road at around 12.20pm on Thursday afternoon.
Their bodies were taken to Midwestern Regional Hospital in Limerick. The road remains closed pending a Garda technical examination.
Meanwhile, a 19 year-old woman who was injured in a road crash at Bruff in Co. Limerick also on Wednesday has died from her injuries in hospital.
Erin Whelytean, from Bruff, Co Limerick suffered serious head injuries when the car she was driving went out of control at 3.30am on Wednesday morning. She was the sole occupant of the car that crashed on the main road at Camass, Bruff. No other vehicles were involved.
(DW/KMcA)
The driver and passenger in the car, a 60 year-old man and a 59 year-old woman, were both killed in the incident, which happened between Limerick and Mitchelstown.
Their car collided with a truck in Ballylanders on the road at around 12.20pm on Thursday afternoon.
Their bodies were taken to Midwestern Regional Hospital in Limerick. The road remains closed pending a Garda technical examination.
Meanwhile, a 19 year-old woman who was injured in a road crash at Bruff in Co. Limerick also on Wednesday has died from her injuries in hospital.
Erin Whelytean, from Bruff, Co Limerick suffered serious head injuries when the car she was driving went out of control at 3.30am on Wednesday morning. She was the sole occupant of the car that crashed on the main road at Camass, Bruff. No other vehicles were involved.
(DW/KMcA)
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