Another person has been killed in a road collision in Co Donegal, marking the fourth road death in the county within a week.
The death of a woman in her 80s in an incident in the village of St Johnston on Friday afternoon is the latest tragedy on the county's roads in the past week.
The latest tragedy occurred on Friday afternoon at around 2pm on Church Street.
It is understood the tragedy involved a lorry and a pedestrian, and that the woman is from the locality.
The local community is in shock at the tragedy, with visible upset amongst many of the woman's neighbours and friends in the tight-knit village.
The woman's death brings the number of people who have been killed on Donegal's roads so far this year to 12 - two more than all of 2023.
On Saturday night at 11.15pm, two cousins were involved in a single vehicle collision at Cross, Quigley's Point.
The front seat passenger in the car, 16-year-old Kian Dawson, died at the scene.
His cousin Eoghan, aged 20, was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast to be treated for critical injuries sustained in the crash, and died on Tuesday.
A two-vehicle collision on Sunday morning last at Inver in south Donegal resulted in an 87-year-old woman being rushed to Sligo University Hospital with serious injuries.
Elizabeth Cave, from Donegal Town, passed away as a result of her injuries on Wednesday.
A man from Austria has since been charged with dangerous driving in connection with the crash which resulted in Ms Cave's death.
The woman from Friday's St Johnston collision's body will be taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.
The lorry driver was uninjured.
The road is currently closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, and local diversions are in place. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has also been notified.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the collision to come forward, including anyone who has camera footage, including dash cam, and was in the vicinity of St Johnston at the time of the collision. They are asked to make this footage available to gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Letterkenny Garda Station on 074 916 7100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
