Gardaí look for witnesses after 83-year-old woman dies in Roscommon crash

Gardaí in Roscommon are appealing for witnesses to a crash yesterday afternoon that claimed the life of an 83-year-old woman and seriously injured her 86-year-old brother.

The car they were travelling in crashed with an articulated lorry on the Strokestown to Elphin Road at lunchtime yesterday.

They were taken to Roscommon General Hospital where the woman later died.

The man has been transferred to University College Hospital Galway with serious injuries.