Galway Bay fm newsroom - A man has died following a road crash near Ballinasloe.
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Emergency services were called to the scene on the Ballinasloe to Shannonbridge road - around one kilometre from Shannonbridge - just before 7pm last night.
It's understood the incident involved a car and a truck.
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A man in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene - his body has been taken to university Hospital Galway for a post mortem examination to take place.
Another man in his 40s was taken to Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe with non-life threatening injuries.
The road remains closed while forensic examinations take place.
