Woman dies in beach buggy crash

A woman in her 20s died yesterday afternoon and a man was seriously injured after a crash involving a beach buggy on Lacken Strand…

A woman in her 20s died yesterday afternoon and a man was seriously injured after a crash involving a beach buggy on Lacken Strand in Co Mayo.

The incident happened at about 2.30pm yesterday afternoon when the buggy in which the couple were travelling crashed on the beach north of Ballina.

They were taken to Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar where the woman died. The man remains in a serious condition this afternoon.