A woman who lost her life in a horse riding accident in Galway earlier this week has been named locally, with tributes pouring in for Heather Hewitt from Williamstown, Co Galway, who was originally from East Sussex in England.
The tragic incident occurred at the Glenamaddy Equestrian Centre on Thursday evening, when emergency services attended reports of a serious accident that caused fatal injuries to a woman.
Despite the best efforts from medical personnel, Ms Hewitt was pronounced dead at the scene and was subsequently taken to Galway University Hospital, where a post-mortem is understood to have taken place.
