Three people died and a woman and her baby were taken to hospital today following fatal road traffic collisions in Sligo, Dublin and Armagh.
A woman in her 40s died from the injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle collision at Ardloy near Castlebaldwin in Co Sligo.
The woman’s Nissan Almeira collided with a Mercedes, in which a woman and her three-month-old child were travelling, on the N4 Sligo to Dublin road shortly after midday.
The deceased was named locally as mother-of-one Rose Holmes (46), a B&B proprietor from Ballinode, Sligo. She was
The woman in the Nissan, who travelling alone, was taken to Sligo General Hospital following the incident where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
A spokeswoman for the Health Service Executive said the other woman and her baby boy were in a stable condition in hospital.
The infant was travelling in a backseat child-restraint when the crash occurred. A senior officer said: “The child escaped injury, luckily. The mother suffered leg injuries. The boy is extremely lucky. It was a head-on crash and there is no doubt the child-restraint saved the toddler from serious injury.”
The road was closed for a period today as garda technical team examined the scene of the crash.
A man (76) has died following a fatal road trafific accident in Co Armagh.
The pedestrian was struck by a lorry in the Barracks Street area of the Armagh shortly before 5pm.
PSNI is appealing for witnesses.
Earlier today man was killed in Co Dublin when his motorcycle collided with a car on the Balrothery Road near Balbriggan at about 8am.
The man, who was in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene
The driver of the car was uninjured. Gardaí at Balbriggan are investigating.
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to the incident or those with information to contact Balbriggan Garda Station on 01-8020510.