Two people have died after a horror crash in Cork which saw a car transporter truck overturn and collide with three other vehicles.
The fatalities, both aged in their 80s, were occupants of one car that is believed to have been crushed by the truck.
Another driver was seriously injured and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries while the truck driver and occupant of a fourth vehicle were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Gardai, ambulance crews and the fire service raced to the scene of the fatal crash on the N28 near on Tuesday afternoon. The N28 is shut as a result of the collision.
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Emergency services, including Carrigaline and Crosshaven fire services and a number of ambulances, remain at the scene.
A Garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror: "At approximately 11am, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a car transporter and three cars on the N28 at the Shannon Park roundabout in Carrigaline.
"The occupants of one of the cars, a man and woman both understood to be in their 80s, were pronounced dead at the scene at short time later. They have since been removed to the mortuary at Cork University Hospital.
"The driver of a second car was taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital. His injures are not described as life threatening. The drivers of the transporter and third car involved in the collision were both medically assessed at the scene, but did not require hospital treatment.
"Garda Forensic Collision Investigators are currently examining the scene and vehicles involved."
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