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A 75-year-old man died after being hit by a pickup truck in Douglas, Co Cork.
Gardaí has asked for witnesses after the traffic collision in the parking lot of a sports complex in a suburb of Cork city on Saturday afternoon.
The man was crossing the College Corinthians parking lot in Donnybrook, on the south side of the city, when he was hit by a pickup around 3:30 p.m.
It is understood that the driver of the van had just dropped off his son to play a game for College Corinthians and was backing up when he struck the pedestrian.
Emergency services were alerted and paramedics worked on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Cork University Hospital for an autopsy.
Gardai has not released the name of the pensioner as all the closest relatives have not yet been notified, but it is understood that he is from the general Douglas area on the south side of Cork City.
The driver of the van, a man in his 40s, was unhurt in the incident, but was greatly shocked and traumatized by what happened and was treated on the spot by paramedics.
The Gardaí cordoned off the scene of the fatal collision and a Garda forensic accident investigator began an examination of the scene to try to establish the precise details of how the collision occurred.
Gardaí is appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision, or who may have camera footage, including the dash cam, to contact the Anglesea Street Garda station on 021 452 2000.
Saturday’s incident is the second fatal collision involving a pedestrian in Cork in four days and follows the death of an elderly man while crossing the main Cork-Limerick Road in Charleville on Wednesday.
Father of four, Eddie Goggin (83) of Beech Avenue, Brindle Hill in Charleville, was crossing Main Street in the city shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday when he was hit by a truck.
Mr. Goggin was crossing through stopped traffic and less than 20 yards from a crosswalk when traffic began to move and he was fatally injured.
Emergency services were alerted and paramedics and Charleville Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the scene and worked to save Mr. Goggin, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The truck driver, a 58-year-old man from the north side of Cork City, was not injured in the collision, but was badly shaken and was treated at the scene by paramedics for shock.
Gardai de Charleville began collecting CCTV footage from downtown businesses and examining the footage to see if any of its cameras captured the incident.
And they have also appealed to any witnesses, including motorists on Main Street who may have dash cam footage, to contact them at the Charleville Garda station at 063-21770.
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