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Gardai name man fatally injured in Galway road collision

THE PEDESTRIAN WHO DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A MOTORBIKE IN GALWAY CITY ON FRIDAY EVENING HAS BEEN NAMED AS 73-YEAR OLD TONY WHEATLEY OF DUN NA MARA, RENMORE, GALWAY.

MR WHEATLEY RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A MOTORBIKE AT 6.30 FRIDAY EVENING ON THE RENMORE ROAD IN THE CITY.

HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY, WHERE HE DIED LATER THAT NIGHT.

GARDAI CARRIED OUT A FORENSIC EXAMINATION AT THE SCENE BEFORE THE ROAD REOPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

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