Teenage boy dies when car collides with tree

Gardaí  in Co Tipperary are investigating a single car collision yesterday. The Gardaí at  Borrisokane are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred  at Boston on the Ballingarry North to Cloughjordan  road yesterday afternoon at approximately 3.45pm.

A 16 year old boy was fatally injured when the car he was a rear seat passenger in collided with a tree.  He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to University Hospital Limerick. The two other occupants, a 22 year old male  and a 17 years old female, were taken to Tullamore Hospital and University Hospital Limerick. The 22 year old male is described as being in a serious condition.

This stretch of road was closed for a time to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and has since reopened.