Five hospitalised, one critical, after multi-vehicle crash

Five people, including a four-year-old boy, were taken to hospital following a pile-up on the outskirts of Cork city which closed the main Cork-Limerick road for several hours yesterday.

One of the five people injured in the crash, a woman in her 30s who was driving a van, was said to be in a critical condition.

Separately a motorcyclist who struck a parked car in Blackrock, Dublin, has died. The accident happened at 4.40pm yesterday on Careysfort Ave. The man was taken to St Vincent’s University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.