A woman who was killed instantly when her car was involved in a head-on collision on the main Cork-Dublin road early yesterday morning has been named as Ms Carol Fox, (24), of Woodsgift, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Ms Fox, it is understood, was travelling towards Cork city, where she worked as an electrician, when the collision occurred at 8 a.m. near Watergrasshill, Co Cork.
Her car collided with a four-wheel-drive vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.
Ms Fox died at the scene. Two other people who were taken to Cork University Hospital were later discharged. There were long delays on the Cork-Dublin road, with a tail-back of more than 2 1/2 miles as traffic was diverted for some time afterwards.
Gardai at Cobh have appealed for witnesses to contact them at 021 811333.
In Donegal, a 47-year-old oiltanker driver died when his truck left the road and overturned at Mendoran, Clonmany, yesterday, at around 9.15 a.m.
A seven-month-old Bulgarian baby died yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from injuries received in a two-vehicle collision last Saturday at Ballymascanlon, near Dundalk. Darina Iva Nova was initially taken to Louth County Hospital in Dundalk and later to the Drogheda hospital. Both her parents survived.
Last night the survivor of a crash at Maddington Road, Kildare last Saturday was described as being critically ill in hospital in Naas. He had been transferred from Naas to Beaumont hospital in Dublin but was brought back later to Naas. His companion, Mr Anthony Quinn, aged 23, died in the crash.