Man (43) dies in head-on Co Galway crash

A 43-year-old man has died after a head on collision between a car and a truck in Co Galway.

A 43-year-old man has died after a head on collision between a car and a truck in Co Galway.

Mr Michael Kenny from Ballintemple, Castlegar, Co Galway was a local publican.

The crash happened at 8.30 a.m. on the Botharnadtreadh Road, a link road between the Tuam and Headford roads.

The man died at the scene and a female passenger in his car is being treated at University College Hospital in Galway for facial injuries. The driver of the truck was shaken but otherwise uninjured.

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Patrick  Logue

Patrick Logue

Patrick Logue is Digital Editor of The Irish Times