Three Dead Following One-Car Collision In Carlow

Thursday, 1 February 2024 08:36

By Martin Osborne

Four people were in the car.

Three people have been killed in a crash in Carlow.

It's understood that a one-car collision happened at approximately 11:30pm last night on the N80 at Leagh on the Wexford Road.

Four people were in the car.

Two males and one female, who sustained fatal injures, were believed to be in their early 20s.

Another passenger in the car, a man in his 20s, was taken to St Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The N80 at Leagh is currently closed and will remain closed for a number of hours as Garda Forensic Collision Investigators examine the scene.

Local diversions are in place.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the N80 at Leagh between 11:15pm and midnight are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

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