Woman dies in crash after losing control of her car

A woman in her 40s has died after she lost control of her car and it left the road in Offaly.

The accident happened on the Ballycumber Rd, 2km from Ferbane, at about 4pm yesterday. The woman was the only person in the car at the time and no other vehicles were involved.

She was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was removed to the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.