Woman dies after car veers off road

Icy roads may have been a factor in the death of a young woman whose car veered off the road and crashed in to a field in West Cork.

The tragic accident was discovered early yesterday morning when a passerby saw the badly damaged car lying on its side in Tooreen, outside Skibbereen, and alerted gardaí.

The victim, named as Sharon Hayes, aged 36, from Dunmanway, was pronounced dead at the scene.