A woman who narrowly avoided a head-on collision with a truck in which a man and woman were seriously injured has launched a road safety campaign. “I did not think it was possible that I would clear the road before impact, that is how close the lorry came to me. The injured driver was airlifted to Cork University Hospital. “Not enough money is being spent on rural road safety. Road Safety Authority collision statistics for the R585 show that between 2005 and 2016, the period for which statistics are available, there have been three fatal accidents between Crookstown and Kealkil.

Source: Irish Examiner August 31, 2021 14:26 UTC