A woman in her 40s was killed and several others injured earlier today when a minibus crashed in Co Wexford.
Some 19 post office staff from Enniscorthy were travelling to the Leopardstown races when their bus crashed on the N11 Gorey bypass at around 10am.
The woman’s body has been removed to Waterford Regional Hospital where a postmortem is due to be carried out.
Several of the other 18 passengers were taken Loughlinstown Hospital but none were said to have life-threatening injuries.
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An ambulance responding to the crash overturned on an icy stretch of the N11.
Gardaí confirmed there had been several other collisions minor resulting from the initial crash.
The N11 between junctions 21 and 23 has been closed.