Mum, 25, killed in crash horror
Clarice second Donegal road victim in 48 hours
Clarice Rice became the second person to die on Co Donegal’s roads in less than 48 hours.
The 25-year-old was the driver of a silver Vauxhall Carlton which went off the road at Drumfad Lower, Portsalon, at around 11.30pm on Friday.
A male passenger in the car was rushed to Letterkenny University Hospital but his injuries are not life-threatening.
The stretch of road between Kerrykeel and Portsalon has been the scene of a number of fatalities in recent years.
Garda collision investigators were yesterday at the scene of the crash in a bid to establish exactly how it happened.
They are also trying to establish where Ms Rice and her passenger had been in the hours leading up to the crash.
The victim, who was from Portsalon and the mum of a three-year-old girl, is the seventh person to lose her life on the county’s roads this year.
On Christmas night a father of two in his early 30s was killed at Porthall on the outskirts of Lifford.
Shaun Kelly’s car left the road and crashed into a field.
He survived the initial impact but died a short time later at Letterkenny University Hospital.
Garda Supt Eugene Mcgovern said: “Unfortunately, this is my second fatal collision to be investigating in less than 48 hours and it is just very sad.
“The female driver was killed instantly at the scene after her car left the road and struck two trees.
“We are appealing to anybody who may have seen this car travelling from the village of Kerrykeel towards Portsalon on Friday night to get in touch.”
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