{"id":453401,"date":"2026-05-17T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/453401\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:34:08","slug":"four-dead-following-road-incidents-in-co-donegal-and-co-dublin-on-saturday-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/453401\/","title":{"rendered":"Four dead following road incidents in Co Donegal and Co Dublin on Saturday \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Four people have died following separate road incidents in Co Donegal and south Co Dublin on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man died in hospital after a single vehicle crash on the R238 at Ardmore, Muff, Co Donegal on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The man in his 20s, who was the driver and sole occupant of the car, was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry after the incident, which occurred at 9.45pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The road remained closed on Sunday for forensic examination, with local diversions in place, and garda\u00ed in Buncrana are seeking witnesses who may have been on the road between 9.30pm and 10pm, or dashcam footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone with any information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda Station on 074 9320540, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Separately, a pedestrian, a woman in her 20s, was fatally injured in Loughlinstown, Co Dublin, on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The woman was struck by a car on the N11 Bray Road at approximately 11.50pm. She was pronounced dead at the scene, An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda technical staff are to examine the scene of the incident, with traffic diversions in place early on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Garda appealed to anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward, including road users who may have camera footage from the area that could help the investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone with information is asked to contact Shankill Garda station on 01 666 4400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Earlier, two men died in a two-vehicle crash in Co Donegal on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Four other people were injured in the incident that occurred on the N15 in Birchhill shortly after 2pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man in his 20s and a man in his 30s, who were travelling in one of the vehicles, were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two other occupants of the same vehicle, a woman in her 20s and a man in his 20s, were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital. Their injuries are believed to be non life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man and woman in their 40s, who were in the other vehicle, are also being treated for non life-threatening injuries at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The remains of the men who died were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital where postmortems will take place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Garda appealed to witnesses of the incident to come forward and asked road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) and were travelling in the area between 1.30pm and 2.30pm to make this footage available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone with information is asked to contact Donegal Town Garda station on 074 974 0190, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four people have died following separate road incidents in Co Donegal and south Co Dublin on Saturday. 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