Two teens die and three are injured in Mayo road collision
Two teenagers have died and three others have been injured in a road traffic collision in County Mayo.
Two teenagers have died and three others have been injured in a road traffic collision in County Mayo.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following the fatal single-vehicle road traffic collision in Ballina earlier this morning, Sunday, March 1st.
Shortly after 4.15 a.m. gardaí and emergency services responded to a collision involving a car on a local road (L5140) at Laghtadawannagh near Ballina.
Two of the car’s occupants, both adult males in their late teens, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Three other occupants—two males in their mid teens and one adult female in her late teens —were transported by ambulance to Mayo University Hospital. Their injuries are not life-threatening.
The coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will be conducted in due course.
The road remains closed to facilitate a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, with local traffic diversions currently in place.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) from the area at the time are asked to make it available to investigating gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Ballina Garda Station on 096 20560, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
