UPDATE (4:30pm, Sunday, 2nd Aug) The injured man has now sadly been confirmed deceased by Gardaí. The route has reopened.
UPDATE (12:40pm, Sunday, 2nd Aug) The motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital in Dublin with injuries understood to be serious, but not life threatening and the road remains closed pending a technical examination of the scene
UPDATE (11:40am, Sunday, 2nd Aug) KCLR News understands that no life-threatening injuries have been sustained by those involved
Earlier story;
A section of the main Carlow Kilkenny Road has been closed following a crash.
Two vehicles, a car and motorbike, are understood to have been involved in the incident at Leighlinbridge, close to the graveyard.
Motorists travelling from Carlow are asked to turn off at Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven with the suggestion for those from Kilkenny being the first turn off into Leighlin.
