A man has been died in a vehicle accident in Co Clare today afternoon. The incident happened at N18 dual-carriageway southbound between Shannon and Bunratty at 2.10pm where a Land Rover vehicle hauling a trailer with cattle overturned.
There were only the driver inside the vehicle and according to the report the man in his 40s died at the scene. The roof of the vehicles was collapsed and the fire services used cutting equipment to free the man trapped inside the vehicle. Emergency personnel, Garda units and ambulances also had attended the scene.
The road will remain closed until Garda Forensic Collision Investigators complete their examination of the scene. Gardaí have closed the section of road from the Junction 6 Sixmilebridge and Junction 7 Bunratty.