WOMAN KILLED IN MOTORBIKE CRASH NEAR KILCHREEST

Date Published: 13-Apr-2008

A young woman was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Gort to Loughrea road.The single vehicle collision happened near Kilchreest Castle at around 1pm.The 19-year-old woman was a passenger on the motorbike, driven by a male, which hit a wall.The driver was brought to University Hospital Galway with non life-threatening injuries.A post mortem examination is due to be carried out at the hospital on the body of the woman.The scene of the fatal crash is closed as the Garda forensic team carry out examinations