Gardaí have launched an investigation into a fatal road traffic crash on the outskirts of Limerick this afternoon.
A 74-year-old woman was seriously injured after being struck by a car on the Corbally Road in at approximately 2.30pm today.
She was taken to Limerick Regional Hospital where she subsequently died.
The road remains closed between the junctions with Mill Road and the Grove Island Roundabout ahead of a Garda forensic collision investigation.