Torrential rain may have been factor in fatal accident

Torrential rain may have been a factor in the death of a 23-year-old woman, from a well-known north Cork business family, whose car was in collision with a truck on a main road on the outskirts of Cork City.

The accident happened on the main Cork-Mallow road (N20) shortly before 7.30am yesterday.

Gardaí withheld the name of the deceased due to some relatives being abroad. However, the woman was named locally last night as Mairead O’Connell from Lombardstown, a daughter of Mallow auctioneer Tom O’Connell.