This section of the N17 has now reopened following the earlier collision.
Previous press release listed below refers.
Garda Press Office.
Gardai in Tuam are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the N17 near the turn off for Dunmore at approximately 1.45pm this afternoon.
A 2 year old girl and a 2 month old girl were fatally injured when a car collided with them as they were walking on the hard shoulder. They were both taken to University Collage Hospital Galway where they were pronounced dead. The driver of the car, sole occupant, and the father of the girls, who was walking with them, was taken to UCHG with injuries described as not life threatening.
The N17 is currently closed near the turnoff for Dunmore pending completion of an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local diversions are in place.
Gardai wish to appeal for witnesses to this collision to contact Tuam Garda Station on 093-70840, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station
