Man, 30s, dies after vehicle crashes into parked car in Wicklow

A man in his 30s has lost his life following a fatal traffic incident in Co Wicklow[1] on Monday evening. Gardai and emergency services were alerted to the incident on Abbey Street, Arklow[2] shortly before 8pm after a car driven by a male in his 30s struck a parked vehicle. The driver was treated at the scene by emergency services personnel but was pronounced deceased a short time later.

There were no passengers in the car and the parked car was unoccupied at the time. The coroner has been notified and the deceased has been removed to the mortuary at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown where a post-mortem examination will be arranged.

The outcome of the post-mortem will determine the course of a garda investigation in the case. Gardai[4] are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident to come forward. A garda spokesperson said: "Gardai at Arklow are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic incident on Abbey Street, Arklow this evening, Monday, October 16.

"Anyone who was travelling in the Abbey Street area of Arklow at the time and has video footage, including dash-cam, is asked to make it available to gardai. "Anyone with information is asked to contact Arklow Garda Station on 0402-26320, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station." This is the seventh fatal road collision in recent days.

On Friday 22-year-old Joe Drennan was killed in a hit and run in Limerick[5]. Early on Saturday morning at around 2am, a section of the M1 motorway in Louth was closed after a fatal crash involving a tractor and a car[6]. The male passenger of the car was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Just after 5pm, a motorcyclist died after a crash involving a car in Roscommon on the R357 Ballinasloe to Shannonbridge Road[7] at Cloneish. At around 7pm, gardai and emergency services attended the scene of a two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a van in Moyvane North, Listowel, Kerry. The driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Sunday, a man died in a horror trike crash in Waterford[8].

The single-vehicle collision happened at Chapel Road in Stradbally around noon.

Just after noon on Monday, a man in his 50s died after his vehicle was involved in a collision with a truck[9] in Co Tipperary.

References

1. ^ Co Wicklow (www.irishmirror.ie)
2. ^ Arklow (www.irishmirror.ie)
3. ^ Man killed in road collision with truck in Tipperary (www.irishmirror.ie)
4. ^ Gardai (www.irishmirror.ie)
5. ^ Joe Drennan was killed in a hit and run in Limerick (www.irishmirror.ie)
6. ^ fatal crash involving a tractor and a car (www.irishmirror.ie)
7. ^ a car in Roscommon on the R357 Ballinasloe to Shannonbridge Road (www.irishmirror.ie)
8. ^ man died in a horror trike crash in Waterford (www.irishmirror.ie)
9. ^ vehicle was involved in a collision with a truck (www.irishmirror.ie)