Pensioner killed after car crashes into ditch in West Cork
The incident happened at around 5.55pm this evening
Gardai investigating (Image: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty)
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80-year-old man dies in single-vehicle collision in West Cork
Gardaí at Bantry are appealing for any witnesses or for anyone with information to come forward.
An 80-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision in West Cork.
The incident happened on the L4704 from Durrus to Kilcrohane, in the townland of Ahakista, Bantry, at approximately 5.55p.m today.
Gardaí attended the scene this evening.
They said the man s body has now been removed from the scene to the mortuary in Cork University Hospital where a post mortem will take place in due course.
Gardaí at Bantry are appealing for any witnesses or for anyone with information to come forward.
A male driver (80) has died after a single vehicle collision which took place this evening in Cork.
His car was found in a ditch by Gardaí on the L4704 from Durrus to Kilcrohane, in the townland of Ahakista, Bantry, Cork.
The crash is believed to have taken place at 5.55pm.
The driver was fatally injured and he has been removed from the scene to the Mortuary in Cork University Hospital where a post mortem will take place in due course.
The road will remain closed overnight and a technical examination by Forensic Collision Investigators will take place in the morning.