A MAN, aged in his 50s, has been killed in a crash in Co Mayo.
The man, who was the sole occupant of the only car involved in the collision, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene last night.
Gardai and emergency services rushed to the scene on the R323, Knock Road, at Bracklaghboy in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo shortly after 10pm last night.
The man’s body has been removed to the mortuary at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar where a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
The busy road has since been closed and local diversions have been put in place.
Garda Forensic Officers are currently conducting an examination of the crash site.
Gardai have urged any persons who may have any information that could assist in their investigation to come forward.
A garda spokesperson said: “Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of the collision, involving a single vehicle, which occurred at approximately 10.10pm.
“Gardai are appealing for witnesses to this incident to come forward.
“Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area between 9.30pm to 10.30pm are asked to make this footage available to investigating Gardaí.
“Anyone with any information is asked to contact Ballina Garda Station on (096) 20560, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.”
The incident comes after a tragic weekend on Irish roads saw four people killed in separate crashes.
In Cork, 41-year-old mum-of-two Susan O’Sullivan, from Beechwood Park in Mallow and 63-year-old Mary Coughlan from King’s Square in Mitchelstown sadly lost their lives in a crash on Sunday.
The two-car accident happened around 3.45pm on Sunday on the main N72 Mallow to Killarney road near Cork Racetrack.
Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene and their bodies have been taken to Cork University Hospital morgue for post mortem examinations.
MOTHER’S DAY TRAGEDY
Ms O’Sullivan was driving the car in which her two children, aged five and eight, survived the crash.
They were taken to Cork University Hospital with serious, but not life threatening injuries.
In Kilkenny, a pedestrian in her 30s lost her brave three-day battle for life after she was seriously injured in a road traffic collision on Friday.
The woman was injured following a collision on the N76 at Westcourt Demesne, Callan, Co Kilkenny around 9pm on March 28.
She was rushed to St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny but died early on Monday from her injuries.
Kilkenny gardai have appealed to anyone who was on the N76 at the time between 8.45pm and 9.15pm last Friday to contact them.
And a woman also died on Mother’s Day in an N25 collision in Co Waterford on Sunday.
She has not yet been named but it’s understood she was a Polish national who has been living over recent times in Tallow.
