A TEENAGER DIED FOLLOWING A SINGLE VEHICLE ROAD COLLISION NEAR GORT LAST NIGHT.

AT ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT,  A SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION OCCURRED  ON THE N81, ABOUT 2 MILES OUTSIDE GORT ON THE OLD ENNIS TO GORT ROAD.

THE 18 YEAR OLD DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE COLLISION AND HE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY WHERE HE LATER DIED. HIS NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED BY GARDAI.

AN 18 YEAR OLD MALE PASSENGER WAS ALSO INJURED AND TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY HIS CONDITION IS DESCRIBED AS STABLE.  

THE SCENE OF THE COLLISION REMAINS CLOSED PENDING A GARDA FORENSIC COLLISION EXAMINATION, DIVERSIONS ARE IN PLACE.

GARDAI ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.

ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED THIS COLLISION IS ASKED TO CONTACT GORT GARDA STATION ON 091 636400 THE GARDA CONFIDENTIAL LINE 1-800-666-111 OR ANY GARDA STATION.