Motorcyclist in his 30s dies in single-vehicle crash near Askeaton

The road where the collision occurred remains closed pending technical examination of the scene by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators. File Picture: Dan Linehan

A motorcyclist has died in a single-vehicle crash in Co Limerick.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following the collision, which happened on the N69 at Cloonreash in Askeaton shortly before 8pm on Wednesday evening.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body has since been removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick, where an autopsy will take place in due course.

The road where the collision occurred remains closed pending a technical examination of the scene by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, and local diversions have been put in place.

Investigating gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses.

Any road users with camera footage who were travelling on the N69 near Askeaton between 7.15pm and 8.15pm on Wednesday have been asked to make this footage available.

Anyone with any information should contact Newcastle West Garda Station on 069 20650, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.