Man dies in two car collision in Fermoy, Co Cork

Three people, including two children, rushed to hospitl following incident on N72

A man died and three people were interviewed following a crash in north Cork.
A man died and three people were interviewed following a crash in north Cork.

A young man has died and three other people have been injured, one seriously, in a two car collision on the N72 in north Cork.

The man was killed when the car he was driving was in a collision with another car on the Ballyhooley to Fermoy section of the road at Grange at around 8.15am.

He was pronounced dead at the scene while a woman and two children were injured in the other car.

One of the children was seriously injurerd and all three were rushed by ambulance to Cork University Hospital.

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The road was closed to traffic to allow a forensic crash investigator examine the scene and diversions have been put in place.

Barry Roche

Barry Roche

Barry Roche is Southern Correspondent of The Irish Times