Man (20s) dies in crash between car and pedestrian in Co Cork

A man in his 20s has died following a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Co Cork. The incident took place at around 5.45pm on Wednesday afternoon, on the N20 road at Burnfort in Mallow. The man aged in his 20s, the pedestrian involved in the collision, was fatally injured. His body has since been removed from the scene to the mortuary in Cork University Hospital, where a postmortem will be carried out. The driver of the car, also a man in his 20s and the sole occupant of the car, was taken to Cork University Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The road is closed and will remain closed overnight. A technical examination of the scene will be carried out by gardaí on Thursday morning. Local diversions are in place. Gardaí have issued an appeal for anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact them. Any road users who were travelling in the area of the N20 at Burnfort between 5.15pm and 5.45pm on Wednesday, October 21, and who may have camera footage, including dash-cam, are asked to make it available to gardaí. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Mallow garda station on 022 31 450, the garda confidential line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.