A woman aged in her 30s has died following another tragic accident on Donegal’s roads.
The two-car collision happened at Carrowkeel, Quigley’s Point at approximately 11:15pm last night.
Tragically a woman aged in her 30s, a back seat passenger in one of the vehicles, was killed in the crash.
Her body has been removed from the scene to Letterkenny University Hospital where a post mortem will take place.
The female driver of the car, aged in her 70s, and another male passenger aged in his 50s, were both rushed to Altnagelvin Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Meanwhile driver of the second car involved in the accident, aged in his teens, was uninjured.
The road at Carrowkeel remains closed this morning as Gardaí continue their investigations into the tragic crash. Local diversions are currently in place.
Anyone with information in relation to the crash, or dashcam footage of the incident, has been asked to contact Gardaí.
This latest tragedy now brings the number of people killed on Donegal’s roads this year to 13 – three higher than last year’s total.
It also follows a period at the end of August where four people were killed in separate accidents in Donegal within one week.