Weather: Hi 4°C / Lo 2°C
Motorcyclist dies following Co Offaly road crash
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Print
Email
A 24-year-old motorcyclist has died following a road crash in Co Offaly yesterday evening.
The man's bike collided with a car on the Roscrea to Kinnity Road just before 7pm.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the car was taken to Tullamore General Hospital, but he is not thought to be seriously injured.
The road remains closed this morning for technical examination.
Meanwhile, the road between Raphoe and Ballindrait in Co Donegal will also be closed until around midday following a fatal crash yesterday afternoon.
A 32-year-old An Post worker died when his van collided with a combine harvester near Raphoe at around 4pm.
Post a comment
Limit: 500 characters
View all comments that have been posted about this article
Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP address logged and may be used to prevent further submissions. In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by BelfastTelegraph.co.uk's Terms of Use.
Posts submitted in UPPERCASE letters will be rejected.
Also in this section
- New scheme to help police partners
- Man tried to cut off ex-wife's head
- Garda chief backs protection move
- I didn't ignore Iraq advice: Straw
- Revamp for Galway-Limerick service
