Overview

• Emergency services responded shortly after 5 p.m. to the collision near Scramogue on the N5.
• The passenger, a woman in her 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the morgue for a post-mortem to be arranged.
• The SUV driver, a woman in her 70s, was airlifted to University Hospital Galway with serious injuries.
• Investigators have sealed off the area, local diversions are in place, and no other injuries were reported.
• Gardaí issued a witness appeal as a local councillor expressed condolences and noted recent serious crashes on this stretch.