A man has died following a road traffic accident in County Offaly.

The man in his 60s was fatally injured when the car he was driving was in collision with a truck on the N62 between Cloghan and Birr just after 4pm this afternoon.

It happened half way between Galross Cross and Kennedy’s Cross at Galross East in Cloghan.

The driver of the truck was uninjured.

The road is closed and diversions are in place.