An elderly couple have lost their lives in a horror crash near Ringaskiddy this morning.
Emergency services all responded to the scene of the fatal road collision on the N28 to Ringaskiddy involving a car transporter and three cars.
The crash happened between Shannonpark and Shanbally Village.
At around 11am this morning Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the 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.
Gardaí have confirmed to RedFM News that 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.
Traffic diversions are expected to remain in place for a number of hours to facilitate a forensic collision investigation of the scene
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to come forward. They are also appealing to road users who were travelling on the N28 in the Shannon Park area between 10:45 and 11am with camera footage (including dash cam), to make it available to them.
Anyone with information can contact Togher Garda Station on (021) 494 7120, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
This latest crash in Ringaskiddy brings to 11 the number of people killed on Cork roads so far this year.
