1 killed, 2 injured in Rathkeale crash

A man has been killed and two others injured following a road traffic accident in Co Limerick overnight.

The accident between a car and a truck happened on the N21 Limerick to Kerry road at the Rathkeale bypass. Two ambulances and three units of Rathkeale fire service attended the scene of the accident around 2.30am.

The injured are being treated at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle. A technical examination of the scene was carried out overnight by Gardai and the road has now reopened to traffic.