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Woman dies in Roscommon crash

Sep 16, 2025 20:55
By Eoghan Murphy
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Woman dies in Roscommon crash

The road is closed and expected to remain so until tomorrow pending an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.

An elderly woman has died in a crash in Co Roscommon.

It's after a collision between a Jeep-type vehicle and a truck on the N5 at Scramogue at around 5pm.

A passenger in the SUV, a woman in her 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Her body was removed to the morgue where a post-mortem examination will be arranged.

The driver of the SUV, a woman in her 70s, was air-lifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment of serious injuries.

The road is closed and expected to remain so until tomorrow pending an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.

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Local diversions are in place.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area between 4:45pm and 5:15pm are asked to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.

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