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Teenager dies in Sligo road crash

The collision between a van and a car happened on the Ballymote to Tubbercurry Road
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

20.34 20 Dec 2023


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Teenager dies in Sligo road cr...

Teenager dies in Sligo road crash

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

20.34 20 Dec 2023


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A man in his late teens has died following a road crash in Co Sligo.

Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene in Ballymote at around 11.40am this morning.

The collision between a van and a car happened on the Ballymote to Tubbercurry Road.

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The driver, a man aged in his late teens, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body was removed to the mortuary at Sligo University Hospital, where a post-mortem will take place in due course.

The driver of the van - a man aged in his 60s - was uninjured.

A technical examination of the scene was carried out by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and the road has re-opened.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.

Any road users who may have camera footage including dash-cam and who were travelling in the area at the time are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Main image: File photo. Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

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