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Cork
78-year-old woman dies after collision with truck in Cork
No one else was injured in the incident.
A WOMAN HAS died after her car collided with a truck in Cork this morning.
The crash occurred on the Kanturk to Cork road at Glen South. The 78-year-old woman was seriously injured and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 75-year-old female passenger was uninjured. The driver of the truck, a 33-year-old man, also was not injured in the crash.
The body of the deceased woman has been removed to the morgue at Cork University Hospital where a post mortem is expected to take place later.
The road is currently closed to facilitate a forensic collision examination and diversions are in place.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Mallow garda station on 022 31450, the garda confidential line 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
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