{"id":409075,"date":"2026-04-20T23:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409075\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:48:12","slug":"alert-motorists-warned-of-road-closure-as-two-people-hospitalised-amid-serious-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409075\/","title":{"rendered":"ALERT: Motorists warned of road closure as two people hospitalised amid serious crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> A man in his 20s has been sent to hospital with serious injuries following a road traffic collision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sligo<\/a> on Sunday last.<\/p>\n<p>\n A woman in her 60s has also been sent to hospital with injuries as a result of the collision, involving a motorcycle and a car.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses to anyone who might have seen the collision on the N15 near Cashelgarran, Grange, Co. Sligo on Sunday 19th April 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene of a two vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a car which occurred shortly after 8:00pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n The male driver of the motorcycle (aged in his 20s) was conveyed to Sligo University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>A female passenger in the car (aged in her 60s) was conveyed to Sligo University Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>No other injuries were reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>The scene has been preserved for a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>The road is currently closed. Local diversions are in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Road users with camera footage (including dash-cam) who were travelling on the N15 near Cashelgarran, Grange, Co. Sligo on Sunday 19th April 2026 between 7:40pm and 8:10pm are asked to make this footage available to investigating Garda\u00ed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <br \/>Anyone with information is asked to contact Sligo Garda Station on 071 915 7000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Investigations are ongoing.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 20s has been sent to hospital with serious injuries following a road traffic collision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,109040,42,43,14169,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-409075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-grange","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sligo","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}