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Inquiry launched into Galway crash

Galway - Woman was killed in road accident
Galway - Woman was killed in road accident

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal road traffic accident which occurred yesterday in Co Galway.

An off-duty garda, who was driving his own car, was involved in a collision with a transit van, which resulted in the death of a 65-year-old woman.

The woman, who was a passenger in the garda's car, was later named as Margaret O'Donoghue from Bandon, Co Cork.