Two young men killed in Co Mayo road crash
Two male teenagers have been killed in a road crash in Co Mayo.
Three other teenagers were injured in the single-vehicle collision in Ballina on Sunday.
Shortly after 4.15am, gardai and emergency services responded to a collision involving a car on a road at Laghtadawannagh.
Two of the car’s occupants, both adult males in their late teens, died at the scene.
Three other occupants – two boys in their mid-teens and one female in her late teens – were taken by ambulance to Mayo University Hospital.
Their injuries are not life-threatening.
The coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will be conducted.
The road remains closed for a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, with local traffic diversions in place.
Gardai are appealing for witnesses to come forward.