Man killed in Co Mayo car crash

A man (64) has been killed and a woman has been injured in a crash in Co Mayo.

A man (64) has been killed and a woman has been injured in a crash in Co Mayo.

The man was the driver of a car that crashed at Newpark, Swinford at around 6.00pm. There were no other vehicles involved.

The woman was taken to Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar to be treated for what a Garda spokesman described as minor injuries.

The dead man has not yet been named.

A total of 286 people have been killed on the State's roads so far this year, down from 318 in 2006.

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