Gardai from Portlaoise Garda Station, Laois are investigating a single vehicle fatal road collision which happened at Vickerstown, Portlaoise
 
The man fatally injured in a single vehicle road collision in Portlaoise on Wednesday, March 26th has been officially named as 69 year old Patrick Deegan from Vickerstown. 
Press release 415/08 refers.  
 
Garda Press Office
1325hrs, 28 March 2008.
  
Gardai from Portlaoise Garda Station, Laois are investigating a single vehicle fatal road collision which happened at Vickerstown, Portlaoise. 
A car was found submerged in the Grand Canal at noon today and the body of a male, aged 70 years, was discovered in the car. 
The body was removed from the car to Portlaoise Hospital.   
 
Garda Press Office, 
26/3/08