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Two Teens Killed and Three Others Injured After Co Mayo Crash
Two teens died and three others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash on a local road, police said.
- Shortly after 4.15am on Sunday, a single-vehicle crash on the L5140 at Laghtadawannagh near Ballina killed two adult males in their late teens and injured three other occupants taken to Mayo University Hospital.
- The coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will take place at Mayo University Hospital, while Garda forensic collision investigators conduct a technical examination and the crash vehicle was removed on Sunday afternoon.
- Emergency accounts say the vehicle struck a flooded ditch near Ballina with no other vehicles involved, injuring two boys in their mid-teens and one adult woman with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Local officials urged local motorists to avoid the area as traffic diversions affect the minor route linking the Killala road with the Ballina to Crossmolina road, and Michael Loftus, Mayo County Council member, expressed condolences and praised first responders facing distressing scenes.
- Gardaí appealed for witnesses and dash-cam footage, asking anyone with information to contact Ballina Garda Station on 096 20560 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
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limerickleader.ieTwo young men killed in Co Mayo road crash
Three other teenagers were injured in the collision in Ballina in the early hours of Sunday.
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