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15 year-old girl killed in Tipperary crash.

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

09:19 16 Feb 2024


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A teenage girl is dead and another teen and three adults are in hospital following a road crash in Co. Tipperary.

Monaghan crash. Image shows a Garda car beside a smaller sign. It has the words "Garda accident" in white font on a blue background)

Road closures are still in place near the village of Rearcross following the two car crash yesterday evening.

Gardai and emergency services were alerted just before 7 o'clock last night to the collision which happened on the R503 close to Rearcross.

A 15 year old girl who was a passenger in one of the two vehicles involved, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another girl in her mid teens and a man and woman both aged in their 20's- all travelling in the same car- were injured. They, along with a woman who was driving the other car, were all taken to University Hospital Limerick .

None of their conditions are life threatening.

The teenage girl's body was removed from the scene last night and a post mortem will be carried out today.

Diversions are still in place today as Garda forensically examine the crash site.


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