Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal traffic collision in Co. Limerick.
Shortly before 11am Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene of a collision involving as car and a lorry on the N24 main Limerick to Tipperary road.
It happened on a straight stretch of road at Gortnadromin near the village of Dromkeen.
The occupants of the car; a man in his 80s and woman 70s, were both pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The driver of the lorry, a man in his forties has been taken by Ambulance to University Hospital Limerick, but his condition is not thought to be life threatening.
The road remains closed to traffic and local diversions are in place.
Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local Divisional scene of crime officers are examining the scene.
The local Coroner has been notified and arrangements are being made for the bodies to be removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick, where post mortem examinations will be carried out.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Gardaí in Bruff on 061-382940 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.
The investigation is ongoing.
The scene of this morning’s fatal crash near Dromkeen. The N24 remains closed with diversions in place @Limerick_Leader pic.twitter.com/h40YKtHklc
— David Hurley (@DHurleyLL) June 13, 2018
