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12th Dec 2018

Man dies after being hit by car in Dublin

Rudi Kinsella

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The incident took place in Finglas on Wednesday.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the Finglas Road in Dublin on Wednesday 12 December 2018.

Gardaí attended the scene of a traffic collision between a car and a pedestrian on the Finglas Road shortly after 12pm.

The pedestrian, a male in his 60s, was fatally injured in the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body was taken to the Morgue Whitehall for postmortem.

The road was initially closed to facilitate examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, but it has since been reopened.

The male occupant of the car was not injured.

Gardaí in Finglas are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or anyone who travelled on the Finglas road between 11.45am and 12.15pm to contact Finglas Garda Station on 01-6667500 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.

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