Truck driver dies, seven in hospital, following five-vehicle crash in Cork

Seven people have been treated in hospital following a fatal collision on the N20 Cork to Limerick Road yesterday.

A man in his early 70s died when the truck he was driving collided with four other cars at the Killarney Roundabout in Mallow at 12:30pm.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Cork University Hospital.

A horse was also killed when the trailer it was travelling in overturned.

Four men and three women aged from their teens to their late 60s were taken to CUH where they are being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Our #Cork crews have attended a serous RTC in #Mallow this afternoon with a number of resources including the #EAS pic.twitter.com/aptjJXxqxK

— National Ambulance Service (@AmbulanceNAS) March 20, 2016