Elderly couple killed in head-on collision near Mallow

A husband and wife were killed in a head-on collision in Cork yesterday evening.

The crash occurred at approximately 5.10pm around 200 metres to the north side of Mallow General Hospital on the N20 Cork to Limerick Road in the townland of Baltydaniel.

The two deceased were named locally as Con and Mary McCarthy from Velvetstown near Buttevant. They were in their early 70s and are survived by three sons, John, David, and Conor.