Two women die in road collisions

Two women died in separate road collisions yesterday in counties Limerick and Kilkenny.

Two women died in separate road collisions yesterday in counties Limerick and Kilkenny.

A young mother from Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, was killed in a two-car collision at Ballymurrough East, Newcastle West, at 6 p.m. She was a passenger in one of the cars.

Her husband and baby son, and the driver of the other car were treated for injuries at Limerick Regional Hospital.

A 65-year-old Co Kilkenny woman was killed when a truck collided with the car in which she was a passenger, two miles outside Mooncoin on the Carrick-on-Suir road shortly before 3.30 p.m.

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The driver of the car was taken to Waterford General hospital, where he was in a critical condition last night. The truck driver suffered minor injuries.