A woman in her 70s was killed last night when the car in which she was a passenger collided with a lorry near Mountbellow, Co Galway. The accident occurred at Castlefrench Crossroads on the Mountbellow to Athlone road at 7.10 p.m., and the woman was declared dead on arrival at Portiuncla Hospital in Ballinasloe, according to gardai.
The driver, who was believed to be her sister, was last night in a critical condition. The driver of the lorry escaped the accident without injury. All three people involved in the accident are from Co Galway.