{"id":455008,"date":"2026-05-18T14:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/455008\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:49:21","slug":"national-man-dies-following-third-fatal-crash-in-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/455008\/","title":{"rendered":"National: Man dies following third fatal crash in north west"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man in his 60s has died following a crash involving a tractor in Co Leitrim.<\/p>\n

The single-vehicle collision happened on the L3355 near Mullaghycullen, Drumcong, shortly before 11pm on Sunday, 17th May 2026.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene, where the driver was sadly pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n

The road remains closed while garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash to come forward.<\/p>\n

The incident brings to six the number of people killed on roads across the island of Ireland during a devastating weekend.<\/p>\n

Three people lost their lives following two separate collisions in Donegal on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Caoilan Bushe<\/a>, 30, from Letterbarrow, near Donegal Town, and Leon Shovlin<\/a>, 27, from Ardara, both died at the scene of a collision on the main Donegal-Ballybofey road on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Four other people were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n

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N15 crash victims: Leon Shovlin of Ardara and Caoilan Bushe of Letterbarrow<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, a young man in his 20s, who is believed to have been from Derry, died following a crash in Inishowen on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The man was critically injured in a single-vehicle collision on the R238 at Ardmore, Muff. He later died at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.<\/p>\n

A man also died following a two-vehicle collision in Omagh on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

In Dublin, a pedestrian in her 20s died after being struck by a car on the N11 Bray Road in Loughlinstown.<\/p>\n

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