A devastating road traffic collision in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, has claimed a second life this week, after a 10-year-old girl passed away in hospital Tuesday, just days after her mother was killed at the crash site.
The fatal incident unfolded shortly after 4:30 p.m. local time this past Friday on the R162 regional road at Corclare, near Shercock, when a passenger car collided head-on with a flatbed utility van. The driver of the car, a woman in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.
The 10-year-old girl, who was riding as a passenger in the car during the collision, was rushed to Dublin’s Temple Street Hospital for urgent medical care. Despite efforts from medical teams, Gardaí – the national police service of Ireland – confirmed the child passed away at the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
In the wake of this second death, investigators have issued a renewed public appeal for anyone who witnessed the collision, or who may have captured dashcam footage of the vehicles or the crash scene in the moments before or after the incident, to contact investigators immediately. Law enforcement officials note that any information, even what witnesses may consider to be minor details, could prove critical to building a full understanding of how the collision occurred and advancing the official investigation.