Man dies in crash on galwaymayo border road

AN elderly man died following a crash with a car while he was walking at Kilkeeran on a side road on the Shrule-Cross side of Kilmaine on Sunday evening (Dec 21).
The man who died has been named locally as 73-year-old Michael Murphy from the area.
The crash happened at approximately 8 pm and the man was removed to Castlebar Hospital where he passed away in the early hours of Monday. The female driver of the car, who was in her late 20s, was uninjured.