2 Separate Collisions In County Galway Last Night Have Left One Man Dead And Another With Serious Injuries

Saturday, 17 May 2025 11:30

By Emma O'Connor

GardaÍ are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed either incident to come forward

A man in his 60s has died in a crash in County Galway.

A second man has been left with serious injuries following a separate collision in Galway City.

Emergency services were alerted to a single-car collision on a local road in the Blackacre area of Tuam shortly after 10.30 last night.

The driver and sole occupant, a man in his 60s, was found unresponsive and taken by ambulance to University Hospital Galway, where he was later pronounced dead.

The road will remain closed until a technical examination of the scene is completed.

Meanwhile in Galway City,

A man in his 30s was seriously injured when the motorcycle he was driving crashed on the Siobhán McKenna Road shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday evening.

He was also taken to University Hospital Galway, where he remains in a serious condition today.

GardaÍ are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed either incident, or has camera footage from the area, to come forward.

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