Child among the many lifeless as group rocked by second crash tragedy

A person, girl and an toddler boy have been killed within the newest highway crash in Co Tipperary, Ireland, Gardai mentioned.

The incident comes simply days after 4 younger individuals on their option to rejoice examination outcomes had been killed in a automobile crash in Clonmel, additionally in Co Tipperary. The newest single-vehicle collision occurred shortly earlier than 9pm on Tuesday when a automobile hit a wall within the Windmill Knockbulloge space of Cashel.

Gardai mentioned the grownup male and grownup feminine rear seat passengers had been pronounced lifeless on the scene, whereas the physique of the toddler boy has been taken to Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel. An grownup male driver and grownup feminine entrance seat passenger of the automobile have additionally been taken to Tipperary University Hospital the place their situation is described as critical.

The highway in Windmill Knockbulloge will likely be closed to site visitors in a single day as emergency providers stay on the scene. The incident comes simply days after 4 individuals had been killed in a automobile crash in Clonmel, additionally in Co Tipperary.

Twenty-four-year-old Luke McSweeney, his 18-year-old sister Grace McSweeney and Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy, each additionally 18, had been killed on Friday night hours after the youngsters obtained their State examination outcomes. They had been on their option to rejoice when the automobile they had been travelling in overturned and hit a stone wall.

The funerals for the 4 younger individuals will likely be held later this week, after hundreds attended a vigil in Clonmel on Sunday to mourn the loss. Fr Michael Toomey, a neighborhood priest within the Clonmel space who spoke at that vigil, mentioned that the Cashel crash was “just heartbreaking”.

“Our Tipperary county suffers again. Thoughts and prayers for those who have died in tonight’s tragedy in Cashel,” he mentioned on X, previously Twitter.