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Four Dead in Separate Road Collisions Across Ireland Over the Weekend

Investigations now focus on technical examinations with public appeals for footage.

Overview

  • A man in his 30s died after being struck by a bus on the N7 at Kill, Co Kildare, around 3:30pm Saturday between junctions 8 and 7 eastbound.
  • The bus driver was uninjured and two passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries, with the eastbound N7 section closed overnight for a forensic examination.
  • In Co Carlow, a man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene after a collision with a car on the R703 at Ballyroughan Big, Borris, with the female driver in her 60s uninjured.
  • Early Sunday, a man in his 30s died in a single-vehicle crash on the L2107 at Lavally, Tuam, Co Galway, where the road was closed for examination and Gardaí sought dash-cam footage from 4am to 6am.
  • Gardaí reported a separate pedestrian death on Friday night on the N83 in Co Galway and said post-mortems are pending, with the year-to-date road fatality figure at 148.