A three-year-old girl has died after a being involved in a horrific crash on the M20 yesterday evening.
The young girl was in the car with her mother and her twin brother when the accident happened just outside Patrickswell in Limerick at around 5pm yesterday.
It is being reported that the car swerved to avoid another car that was travelling the opposite direction of the motorway causing the family car to barrel roll before finally landing on its roof.
The young boy was taken to University Hospital Limerick with minor head and facial injuries but his condition is said to be stable.
The twins' mother is also being treated for minor injuries and it believed to be stable also.
Tragically however, emergency responders were unable to save the young girl after failing to resuscitate her with CPR and she was pronounced dead at UHL.
Limerick Traffic - The M20 at Patrickswell will be closed for the coming hours following a serious collision. Diversions remain in place.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) September 17, 2016
The M20 in Limerick has fully reopened following forensic collision examination.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) September 18, 2016
According to RTE, the three men in the other car were uninjured in the accident.
This is the 12th road death so far this month and becomes the 132nd fatality on Irish roads this year.
