*FILE PIC. Photograph: John Mangan

A MAN has died following a single-vehicle collision in Ennis on Monday afternoon.

It is the second road fatality in Clare over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Shortly after 12:40pm on Monday, Gardaí and emergency services were called to the N85 in Ennis after a car was reported to have struck a barrier on the route.

Aged in his forties, the driver of the vehicle was found unconscious, he was rushed to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where he was later pronounced dead. “The male driver of the vehicle (aged in his 40s) was taken to University Hospital Limerick where he later passed away. The Coroner has been notified,” a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed.

A spokesperson added that investigations are ongoing and updates will be issued in due course.

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