Two people have been killed and a boy is being treated for serious injuries after three separate crashes over the last 24 hours. An investigation is underway after a 34-year-old man died in a road racing event at Walderstown in Westmeath. He was seriously injured when his motorbike crashed at around 11.30am yesterday morning. The alarm was raised by passing motorists and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. The driver of the car was not injured and the scene has been examined by garda forensic collision investigators.

Source: Irish Examiner July 15, 2019 07:18 UTC