Mother, 58, and daughter, 22, killed after car crashes into River Blackwater in Cork

Investigations are underway following a fatal road crash in county Cork which claimed the lives of a mother and daughter.

Cork Gardaí are investigating the accident which is said to have happened on the R667 Fermoy to Ballyduff Road at around 11.20am.

Gardaí have said that two women, reported to be a 58-year-old mother and her 22-year-old daughter, were killed in the accident.

They have also said that the female driver of another car involved in the collision was not seriously injured.

It is reported that the car carrying the mother and daughter spun out of control after the collision, before ploughing through a ditch and into the River Blackwater.

The Fermoy to Lismore road closed following a fatal road traffic collision a few miles from Fermoy. Pic: Denis Minihane

Forensic investigators and medics are at the scene.

Cork - R667 Fermoy to Ballyduff Road closed due to a fatal Road Traffic Collision

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) December 22, 2015

The Fermoy/Ballyduff Rd (R666) is closed at the junction with the local Kilworth Rd (R667) and drivers are asked to use an alternative route.

Update 8pm: 58-year-old Geraldine Clancy and her 22-year-old daughter Louise, of Leitrim, Kilworth in Cork have been named as the victims.