{"id":143415,"date":"2025-11-16T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/143415\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:32:09","slug":"breaking-motorcyclist-50s-dies-following-a-collision-involving-a-car-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/143415\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Motorcyclist, 50s, dies following a collision involving a car in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in west Limerick this Sunday.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed and emergency services responded to reports of the incident on the R519 at Ballykevin, near Kilmeedy, at around 4pm.<\/p>\n

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A garda spokesperson said the motorcyclist, a male in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene and has since been taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe driver of the car, an adult female, was assessed at the scene and did not require immediate hospital treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road at the scene is currently closed to traffic and is being preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.<\/p>\n

“The local Coroner has been notified. Diversions are in place on the R519 between the R520 at Ballykevin and Kilmeedy village,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who was travelling in the area at the time of the collision to contact them.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoad users with camera footage (including dash-cam) from that section of road during the relevant period are also asked to make it available to investigating garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone with information is asked to contact Newcastle West garda station on (069) 20650, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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