An 81-year-old woman from Armagh has died at the scene of a collision involving a lorry and a pedestrian in County Armagh, with the PSNI appealing for witnesses and information about what happened.
Eithne Vallely was pronounced deceased at the location after the crash, which happened at approximately 8.20am on Friday. The available report says medical treatment was provided, but Ms Vallely died at the scene.
Emergency response to the collision
Police officers attended alongside other emergency services after the incident was reported. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service sent a substantial response, including two emergency ambulances, a rapid response paramedic and the Charity Air Ambulance carrying a HEMS crew.
The source account describes the incident as a single-vehicle road accident while also confirming that the collision involved a lorry and a pedestrian. No further account of how the crash happened has been provided.
PSNI witness appeal
Police are asking anyone who saw the collision, or who has information that could assist the investigation, to come forward.
A witness appeal form can be completed using reference 247 21/08/26. The report also says people can contact police by telephone, but warns that the published contact wording is unclear. Anyone responding should check the PSNI’s current official appeal information and quote the reference number.
The road where the collision occurred has not been identified. The available information also does not state the direction of travel or explain what led to the crash. Those details remain unconfirmed.
What is known about the incident
The collision was reported as taking place in County Armagh at about 8.20am on Friday. The source material does not provide a more specific location, so it is not possible to identify the road or an Armagh neighbourhood from the available account.
Ms Vallely was named in an Armagh Journal report published at 9pm on 22 August 2026. The supplied material records updates on 23 August, but gives conflicting times of 11.11am and 1.15pm. Further details about the road, the vehicles’ movements and the circumstances of the collision had not been confirmed in the available report.