A female pedestrian aged in her twenties has died following a collision on the N56 at Illistrin this evening.

Gardaí and emergency services are attending  the scene of the fatal crash involving a car and a pedestrian.

The N56 road is currently closed between Letterkenny and Kilmacrennan with local diversions in place. A technical examination of the scene will take place tomorrow morning and the road will remain closed until then.

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 N56 in the Illistrin area between 6pm and 7.15pm this evening are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milford Garda station on 074-9153060, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.