Woman dies after being hit by a lorry in Donegal

A woman in her 80s has died after she was struck by a lorry in county Donegal.

It happened on Church Street in the village of St Johnston shortly after 2pm on Friday.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

The Coroner has been notified and her body will be taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.

The lorry driver was uninjured.

The road is currently closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local diversions are in place.

Any road users who have camera footage, including dash-cam, and were in the vicinity of St Johnston at the time of the collision are asked to make this footage available to the investigating Gardaí.