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<\/p>\nThe road traffic incident took place on the M18 at Gort, Co. Galway at around 1:30pm<\/p>\n
The collision occurred on Tuesday. (stock image)(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
One person has died following a road traffic collision in Galway<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Garda\u00ed<\/a> have launched an investigation after the incident, which took place on the M18 at Gort, Co. Galway at around 1:30pm.<\/p>\n A section of the M18 motorway remains closed on Tuesday night following the incident.<\/p>\n A Garda spokesperson told GalwayBeo<\/a>: \u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is investigating a road traffic incident that occurred on the M18 at Gort, Co. Galway, today, Tuesday 10 February.<\/p>\n \u201cDue to the specific nature of this incident An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na will not be making any further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n For the latest news and breaking news visit irishmirror.ie\/news<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.<\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter @IrishMirror<\/a> – the official Irish Mirror Twitter account – real news in real time.<\/p>\n We’re also on Facebook\/irishmirror<\/a> – your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the Irish Daily Mirror, Irish Sunday Mirror and irishmirror.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Want to see more of the stories from the Irish Mirror? Making us your preferred source on Google<\/a> means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add Irish Mirror as a preferred source, simply click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n