Girl dies in hospital days after Cavan crash that claimed mother's life

Gardaí said they are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the collision and have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.

A young girl has died in hospital days after a road crash in Co Cavan that also resulted in the death of her mother, a woman in her 50s.

The child had been a passenger in a car involved in a collision with a flatbed van on the R162 at Corclare, near Shercock, at about 4.30pm on Friday, July 24.