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Case No. 30249Road traffic accident (non-fatal) · Co. Clare · 31 Aug 2021

Gardaí investigating single-vehicle road crash in Kilnaboy, Co Clare

On 31 August 2021 at about 3.30pm, a woman in her 30s was injured in a single-vehicle road traffic collision at Kilnaboy, Co Clare. Her car is understood to have flipped onto its roof after colliding with ditches on both sides of the road, and she was the only occupant. National Ambulance Service paramedics, two units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service and the Irish Community Air Ambulance responded, and she was airlifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment. Gardaí said their enquiries into the crash are ongoing, and this remains the latest development.

  1. Reported1 Sep
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • The crash was a single-vehicle road traffic collision.
  • The car is understood to have flipped onto its roof after colliding with ditches on both sides of the road.
  • The injured woman was airlifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment.
Other details
  • The victim is a woman in her 30s who was the only occupant of the vehicle.
  • National Ambulance Service paramedics, two units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service and the Irish Community Air Ambulance responded.
Where
The crash occurred at Kilnaboy, County Clare.
When
The crash happened at approximately 3.30pm on 31 August 2021.
Investigation
Gardaí said their enquiries into the crash are ongoing.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatIt was a single-vehicle collision. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe car flipped onto its roof after colliding with ditches on both sides of the road. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe injured woman was the only occupant of the vehicle. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe woman was airlifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatNational Ambulance Service paramedics, two units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service, and the Irish Community Air Ambulance responded. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe crash occurred at Kilnaboy, County Clare. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe crash happened at approximately 3:30pm on 31 August 2021. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí enquiries into the crash are ongoing. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 1 Sep2021
    Reportedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Woman airlifted to hospital after gardai rush to the scene of crash

    Reports the Kilnaboy crash and mentions two other fatal crashes in Kildare and Tipperary on 30 August 2021 as context.

    victim, 30s, female