Meath Gardai, Gardai Appeal,
Westmeath death, m4 death
Gardaí have issued an appeal
after finding a man’s body in a car which caught fire on a motorway yesterday.
Initial investigations by
gardaí show the car caught fire on the M4 in Co Westmeath.
The incident took place on
the eastbound lane of the M4, one kilometre from Kinnegad at about 4pm. Gardaí
said the car is a dark coloured Opel Zafira.
Gardaí believe that the man
found in the car was in his early 50s.
His body was removed from
the vehicle and brought to the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.
A full postmortem is to be
carried out on the body today .
A stretch of the N4 was
closed off last night as a Garda forensic examinations continued.
Gardaí have appealed to
motorists who may have seen the car driving erratically or may have information
to contact Mullingar Garda station on 044-9384000.
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