Carnage on roads as three die in separate incidents

Garda forensic collision investigators at the scene in Phibsborough Rd in north Dublin, after a woman died following a hit-and-run incident. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

It has been another period of carnage on Irish roads, with three deaths in separate incidents, and a five-car crash forcing the M50 to close for hours.

As gardaí searched for the driver of a hit-and-run in Dublin on Wednesday night, a man in his 70s died following an accident involving a car and a pedestrian in Limerick the same evening.