Pedestrian dies in Co Galway road crash

A man in his 40s has died when he was hit by a van in Co Galway this morning.

A man in his 40s has died when he was hit by a van in Co Galway this morning.

Gardaí from Loughrea are investigating the incident which occured at 4.45am in Portumna.

Gardaí in Co Wexford, meanwhile, are investigating a road crash in which a male pedestrian in his fifties died.

The incident occurred in Enniscorthy at 9 p.m. yesterday when the man was hit by a car. Gardaí in Gorey are appealing for witnesses.

Neither victim has been named.

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