Man, 82, was driving wrong way down road

A man in his 80s has died after he drove the wrong way down a motorway before colliding head on with another car on the outskirts of Cork.

Man, 82, was driving wrong way down road

Gardaí are trying to ascertain exactly how far the man drove on the wrong carriageway before his red Seat Ibiza ploughed into a Subaru Impreza driven by a man in his 20s.

The accident happened on the eastbound carriageway of the main Cork-Midleton road shortly before 11.30am.

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