Overview
- Police and emergency services were alerted shortly after 11:30 pm to a collision at Peake on the Tuam Road (N83) in Loughgeorge, Co Galway.
- The pedestrian, a man in his 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The driver, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital for assessment with injuries not described as life-threatening.
- The coroner has been notified and a post-mortem will be arranged at University Hospital Galway.
- The road remains closed and preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, with diversions in place and an appeal for dash-cam footage via Galway Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.