One man has been killed and another man has been critically injured and taken to hospital following a two-car collision near Mallow in North Cork on Friday evening.
The crash happened on a secondary road between Cecilstown and Ballyclough, approximately 11km north west of Mallow at around 5.15pm.
The two drivers were the only occupants of the two cars but a passerby raised the alarm and HSE paramedics, Cork County Fire Service and gardaí responded quickly.
The driver of one car, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene and his body removed to the morgue at Cork University Hospital for a postmortem.
The driver of the other car, also a man in his 20s, suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and he was taken urgently by ambulance to Cork University Hospital.
Gardaí closed the road and put diversions in place to allow a forensic crash investigator examine the scene while both cars will also be examined by garda mechanical experts.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone who was in the area around the time of the collision and can assist them to contact them at Mallow Garda station on 022 31 450 or any Garda station.
Meanwhile, a woman who was seriously injured in a collision involving a car and bus carrying more than 20 children in Co Limerick last month has died in hospital.
The woman, an occupant of the car, had been airlifted from the scene of the collision which occurred on October 26th last near the village of Ballylanders. She is understood to have suffered a serious head injury.
Children and adults on the bus were medically assessed at the scene but none required hospital treatment.
The collision is the subject of an investigation by Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc).
Gsoc is responsible for independently investigating any matter where the conduct of a garda may have resulted in the death of, or serious harm to, a person.
A spokesperson for commission said: “This investigation remains open. As such, GSOC is not in a position to comment any further at this time.”
Gsoc has previously asked to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or saw a grey Toyota Auris car driving in the area before the collision, or who may have captured it on CCTV, dashcams or on a mobile device.
Anyone with information which may be of assistance to the investigation is asked to contact GSOC at 0818 600 800 or info@gsoc.ie.
Some 152 people have now died on the Republic’s roads so far this year.
