An elderly woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Clare this morning.
The incident occurred shortly before 9.00am close to the woman’s home at Knockaveen near Scarriff in the east of the county.
National Ambulance Service paramedics, units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Scarriff station and Gardaí responded to the incident.
The HSE’s Cork-based Emergency Aeromedical Service air ambulance, Aeromed-01, was also requested to respond to the incident.
The victim was however pronounced dead at the scene.
The roadway that passes the area where the incident took place has been closed pending completion of a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.
The woman’s body has been removed to University Hospital Limerick where a post-mortem examination will be carried out later.
Gardaí at Killaloe are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy.
