Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny yesterday evening.
The two-vehicle collision occurred on the N25 at Luffany at approximately 5:50 pm.
The driver of one of the cars, a woman in her 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her body was removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem examination is due to take place.
The driver (male, 30s) and passenger (female, 20s) of the other car were brought to University Hospital Waterford for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The N25 road remains closed this morning between the Luffany Roundabout and the Glenmore Roundabout to facilitate an examination by Forensic Collision Investigators. Local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.
Gardaí are also appealing to any road users who may have camera footage who were travelling on the N25 between Luffany Roundabout, Slieverue, and Glenmore between the hours of 5:30 pm and 6:15 pm to make this footage available to Gardaí.
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