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Elderly couple killed after motorcycle collides with car
An elderly couple have died following a collision between a motorcycle and a car in Co Galway. The crash occurred at about 4.45pm yesterday on the N67 about six kilometres from Kinvara. The 77-year-old male driver of the motorcycle and his 66-year-old pillion passenger died in the collision.
The couple, believed to be from France, were pronounced dead at the scene by a local doctor. The two adults and two children in the car, a people carrier, escaped uninjured but were said to be shocked. Two units of the fire brigade from Gort and an ambulance from Galway attended the incident, while gardaí from Gort were assisted by colleagues from Ennistymon in Co Clare who closed the road and set up a diversion at the Clare county boundary.