The incident took place on the M7 on Thursday afternoon.
A woman in her 80s has died in a road crash in County Laois.
Another woman was hurt in the collision.
The crash happened at Junction 21 on the M7 eastbound at Borris-in-Ossory when two cars collided at around 4.15pm yesterday.
The woman who was killed was in her 80s and she was driving one of the cars.
She was pronounced dead at the scene and her body has been removed to Portlaoise Mortuary for a post mortem examination.
The woman driving the other car, who was in her 50s is being treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries at Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward.