Man (43) dies in head-on Co Galway crash

A 43-year-old man has died after a head on collision between a car and a truck in Co Galway.

A 43-year-old man has died after a head on collision between a car and a truck in Co Galway.

Mr Michael Kenny from Ballintemple, Castlegar, Co Galway was a local publican.

The crash happened at 8.30 a.m. on the Botharnadtreadh Road, a link road between the Tuam and Headford roads.

The man died at the scene and a female passenger in his car is being treated at University College Hospital in Galway for facial injuries. The driver of the truck was shaken but otherwise uninjured.

Patrick  Logue

Patrick Logue

Patrick Logue is Digital Editor of The Irish Times