The accident occurred at approximately 6:30pm yesterday outside Kilkenny
A 14 year old boy was on the e-scooter at the time of this collision on the Tullaroan Road at Bonnettstown at about 6.30 yesterday evening.
He was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny, where he has since passed away.
The local coroner has been notified and arrangements are being made for a post-mortem exam.
No other injuries were reported.
A technical examination of the scene was carried out this morning, and the road has reopened.
Any road users, with dash-cam footage, who were travelling on the Tullaroan Road between 6 and 6:30 yesterday evening, are asked to make it available to Gardai.
This is the second road death this weekend - after a man in his 40s was killed in a crash near Kinsale in Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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