{"id":71831,"date":"2025-10-10T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/71831\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:04:09","slug":"man-60s-dies-after-motorcycle-crash-in-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/71831\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (60s) dies after motorcycle crash in Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One driver involved in the crash was arrested for drink driving. Photo: Stock photo<\/p>\n

A man has died following a single vehicle crash in Galway early this morning.<\/p>\n

The crash involved a motorcycle and occurred on the N65 at Kilcooley, Loughrea at around 6:25am on Friday morning, October 10.<\/p>\n

The motorcyclist, a man in his 60s, was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Galway, where he subsequently died.<\/p>\n

The N65 road remains closed to traffic and gardai have issued an appeal for witnesses to the collision. <\/p>\n

Gardai have issued a statement appealing for witnesses to the crash.<\/p>\n

“Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses following a fatal single-vehicle road traffic incident in Galway on Friday, October 10,\u201d a garda spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident involving a motorcyclist occurred on the N65 at Kilcooley, Loughrea, at around 6:25am.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe motorcyclist, a male in his 60s, was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Galway, where he subsequently passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe N65 at Kilcooley is closed road pending a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area between 6:00am and 6:45am on Friday 10th October 2025 are asked to make this footage available to investigating Garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone with information is asked to contact Loughrea Garda Station on 091 842870, the Garda Confidential Line on \u201c1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diversions remain in place and gardai are advising motorists to take alternative routes if possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One driver involved in the crash was arrested for drink driving. Photo: Stock photo A man has died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,13131,43],"class_list":["post-71831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jessica-mercer","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71831","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=71831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}