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Gardaí search for driver after fatal crash in Kildare

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road crash in Kildare earlier this week.
Faye Curran
Faye Curran

06.41 20 Jul 2023


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Gardaí search for driver after...

Gardaí search for driver after fatal crash in Kildare

Faye Curran
Faye Curran

06.41 20 Jul 2023


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Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road crash in Kildare earlier this week after the driver of a car fled the scene.

On Tuesday night, 18th July in Celbridge, Co.Kildare, a collision involving a truck and a car occurred around 10:50pm.

A passenger in the car, a man in his 20s, was fatally injured.  The driver of the car failed to remain at the scene.

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The truck driver, a man in his 30s, was uninjured.

Gardai carried out a technical examination of the road, which has now reopened.

Facade of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland Facade of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland (Haydn Hansell / Alamy Stock Photo)

Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information to come forward to them.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the R403 in Celbridge at the time are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Leixlip Garda Station at 01 666 7800, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.


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