Cyclist killed in crash with 4X4 on same day another rider is buried
With less than five months of the year gone, the cyclist death toll has almost reached last year's full year level (File photo)
A man in his 30s has become the latest cyclist to die on the roads of the Republic.
The victim died when he was in collission with a 4X4 vehicle on the N22 road between Cork and Killarney this afternoon.
While details of the collission are still being investigated by the Garda, both the vehicle and cyclist were travelling west.
The crash occurred near exit 1 on the Ballincollig bypass just before 12.30pm.
The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. His remains taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital for a post mortem examination.
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The driver of the vehicle was a woman who had two small children with her in the 4X4 at the time.
None of the occupants of the vehicle was injured. The scene has been sealed off and the road examined as part of the Garda inquiry.
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The latest death brings to eight the number of cyclists killed on the roads this year. That compares t0 10 cyclist deaths in all of last year.
Awful 2017 continues on roads
The latest fatality comes just four days after a woman in her 40s was killed near Killarney, Co Kerry, on a group ride. Indeed, her burial was taking place today.
On April 30th a male cyclist injured in a collission in Co Cork nine days earlier died from his injuries in hospital.
The deceased was in collission with a car while cycling in Skibbereen and was in his 60s.
On Monday, March 27th, a woman in her 30s was killed while cycling in south Dublin. She was hit by a truck at the junction of Templeville Road-Whitehall Road, Dublin 6W.
Just 24 hours earlier, a man in his 50s was killed when in collission with a campervan while cycling in Bunratty, Co Clare.
One Friday, March 24th, a cyclist in his 40s was killed. He was in collision with a car on Patrick’s Street, Dublin 8, just before 1am.
On Sunday March 12th, another cyclist in his 40s was killed. He was in collision with a car on Conyngham Road near Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
On February 12th Tonya McEvoy was killed in Co Kildare. She was in collision with a car while she was out training.
She was with a training group from Orwell Wheelers at the time.
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