Ireland

Man dies in Co Mayo road accident

A motorcyclist has been killed in a road accident in Co Mayo.

He was taken to Mayo General Hospital following the crash at around 4.15pm yesterday afternoon, near the village of Killawalla on the main Galway to Castlebar road.

The man, believed to be a foreign national, died later that evening in hospital.

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