Woman killed on Macroom's main street just before bypass opening

'All of our thoughts are with the family of the poor woman and the truck driver' one local businessman said

The major Cork-Kerry road improvement project took a step closer to completion yesterday with the opening of the Macroom Bypass section of the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom dual carriageway. Picture: Brian Lougheed

An elderly woman was killed crossing Macroom's main street on Friday just an hour before its new bypass opened, removing 700 heavy goods vehicles from the town centre.

The tragic incident left the Cork town that has been waiting 20 years to be bypassed reeling and in shock.