Gardaí in Inishowen are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occurred at Umricam on the main Buncrana to Carndonagh road at approximately 9.15pm last night.
A 59-year-old female pedestrian was struck by a car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her body has been removed to Letterkenny General Hospital where a post mortem examination will take place later today.
local coroner has been notified.
The road remains closed and diversions are in place.
Investigations are ongoing and Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to contact Buncrana Garda Station 074-9320540, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
The woman is the second pedestrian to be killed on the roads in Inishowen within the past week.
Last Friday night, Derry man Emmett McClelland, who was in his 20s, was struck and fatally injured by a car at Bridgend.
His funeral takes place this morning.
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