A father, mother and child died in one car.
A local Senator is describing the death of a family in a crash near Ballinasloe as a 'terrible tragedy'.
Gardai are renewing their appeal for witnesses, after four people were killed in the three car crash on the M6 on Thursday evening.
A father, mother and child died in one car, while the driver of one of the other cars was also killed.
Another person's in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Senator Aisling Dolan says locals are shocked:
Meanwhile, the Road Safety Authority's urging drivers to take care on the roads, following the tragic crash near Ballinasloe.
92 people have died on our roads to date this year, that's three more than this time in 2020.
Spokesperson, Brian Farrell has this call for holidaymakers driving around the country:
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