Gardaí issue witness appeal after cyclist killed near Ballincollig

Monday, 15 May 2017 08:04

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses following a road traffic collision near Ballincollig yesterday.

A 45-year-old man lost his life when he was struck by a car while cycling on the N22 Cork-Macroom road near Ballincollig.

Donal O'Brien, who was Ovens, was cycling west and was struck by a car near Exit 1 on the Ballincollig By-pass at approximately 12.25pm on Sunday.

The emergency services were alerted and paramedics attended to the 45-year-old but they were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor.

His body was removed to Cork University Hospital for a post-mortem and gardai closed off the road to allow forensic crash investigator carry out an examination of the scene.

The driver of the car, a woman, who was also travelling west with two small children in a Renault Clio, was uninjured but was badly shaken and was treated for shock at the scene.

Gardai in Ballincollig are investigating the collision and have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the crash or travelled the road at the time to contact them on 021-4214680.

The death of Mr O'Brien brings to six the number of people to die in road traffic collisions on Cork roads so far this year.