Ireland is in mourning after a street crash killed 5 individuals of their early 20s and left three different individuals injured.
The 2-vehicle collision occurred at about 9pm on Saturday on a street close to Dundalk in County Louth.
Police mentioned the 5 individuals who died – three males and two ladies – have been on their option to Dundalk when their Volkswagen Golf collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Ardee street at Gibstown.
Police named the victims on Sunday as Shay Duffy, 21, and Chloe McGee, 23, each from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Alan McCluskey, 23, and Dylan Commins, 23, each from Drumconrath, County Meath, and Chloe Hipson, 21, from Lanarkshire, Scotland.
A sixth occupant within the Golf, a male, survived and was being handled for non-life-threatening accidents, as have been the 2 occupants of the Land Cruiser, a male and a feminine.
The taoiseach, Micheál Martin, mentioned he was “numbed and shocked” and that Eire’s ideas and prayers have been with the households and buddies of the useless and injured. Prayers have been mentioned at lots across the nation.
Simon Harris, the tánaiste, or deputy prime minister, mentioned a “veil of deep unhappiness has come over our nation” and paid tribute to first responders. “One can’t even think about the terribly tough and tragic circumstances by which they discovered themselves working final night time as they set about attempting to assist in probably the most harrowing of conditions,” he mentioned.
Gardaí appealed to any witnesses who could have seen the crash or had dashcam footage from the realm between 8.30pm and 9.15pm on Saturday to contact them.
Talking close to the scene of the crash, Supt Liam Geraghty famous that Sunday was World Day of Remembrance for Street Visitors Victims. “The occasions that occurred right here final night time once more are a really clear reminder of how issues can change dramatically on our roads in a break up second, and the tragedy that brings to households, communities and family members,” he mentioned.
A complete of 157 individuals had been killed on Irish roads to this point this yr, a slight enhance on the identical interval final yr, mentioned Geraghty.
