Four in hospital after two-car collision outside Ennis

Four people were hospitalised yesterday following a two-car collision which involved a group of American tourists who had arrived in Ireland a short time earlier.

The incident happened at around 1.15pm on the N85 Ennis Bypass at Ashline. The road links the M18 Limerick-Galway motorway with several routes to north and west Clare.

A group of six American visitors were travelling in a Ford Galaxy people carrier which was in a collision with a BMW car travelling in the opposite direction.