A WOMAN HAS been killed in Donegal after she was struck by a van in the early hours of this morning.

At approximately 1.50am the 33-year-old female pedestrian was fatally injured when van struck her on Main Street, Ballyshannon.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her body was removed to the Shiel Hospital. The driver of the van, a male aged in his 50s, was uninjured.

The scene is preserved to facilitate Garda forensic collision investigators. The road is closed to traffic and diversions are in place.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Ballyshannon Garda Station 071-9858530 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.

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Pedestrian killed in Donegal after being struck by a van

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