Man (50s) who died in M50 collision named locally

Michael Bolton and Sarah Slater

A man in his 50s has died following a collision on the M50 in west Dublin on Sunday afternoon.

Shortly after 12.30pm, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a car and a motorcycle on the southbound carriageway of the M50 near Junction 7 at the Lucan/Palmerstown exit.

The man has been named locally as Christian Rasmussen from Carlow. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no other injuries reported.

Garda Forensic Collision Investigators have completed an examination of the scene and the southbound carriageway has now reopened.

The local coroner has been notified and arrangements will be made for a post-mortem examination.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the M50 in both directions at the time are asked to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Ronanstown Garda Station on (01) 6667700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.