Gardai catch motorist doing nearly twice the speed limit in Tullamore

Gardai in Tullamore clocked a motorist travelling at 94kph in a 50kph zone on the Charleville Road in Tullamore recently.

Another motorist was clocked doing 84kmh in the same zone.

The speeding vehicles were caught just a week after a fatal road traffic collision in the same stretch of road and Gardai have issued an appeal for motorists to slow down.

Vehicles detected speeding today in 50km/hr zone Charleville Rd Tullamore. Last week there was a fatal rtc on this road. Please slow down. pic.twitter.com/Gm0mjCpo1F

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) February 11, 2017

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