Woman (70s) dies after car she was travelling in crashed into ditch in Co Clare

Incident happened at 9.20pm Sunday night on R483 near Kilrush

A Garda road closure close to the scene near Aclint Bridge in Ardee, Co Louth, after three women were killed and two men seriously injured in a road accident involving three cars. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday July 21, 2017. Gardai said one woman, aged 39, was driving one of the cars, and the two other women, aged 69 and 37, were passengers. See PA story ACCIDENT Deaths Ireland. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The R483 remains closed this morning as Garda Forensic Collision Investigators examine the scene. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A woman in her 70s has died after a single-vehicle crash in Co Clare on Sunday night.

The incident took place at about 9.20pm in Ballinagun, near Kilrush, on the R483. After the vehicle involved crashed into a ditch, the woman sitting in the back of the car was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene. Gardaí said she was taken to University Hospital Limerick for a postmortem.

The vehicle suffered significant damage in the crash.

The R483 remains closed this morning as Garda Forensic Collision Investigators examine the scene. Local diversions have been put in place. Any witnesses to the crash have been asked to contact gardaí in Kilrush, while anyone drivers with dashcam footage in the area of Ballinagun and Cree, Co Clare, between 8.45pm and 9.45pm have been asked to make this available to investigating gardaí.

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Anyone with information can contact Kilrush Garda station 065 908 0550, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.

Nathan Johns

Nathan Johns

Nathan Johns is an Irish Times journalist