Man, woman and infant boy have been killed in a road crash in Tipperary – just days after four young people were killed in car smash
- Police called to single vehicle crash in town 13 miles from site of earlier tragedy
A man, woman and infant boy have been killed in a road crash in County Tipperary, days after four youngsters died in another crash in the area.
Police said they were called to a single vehicle collision shortly before 9pm on Tuesday when a car hit a wall in the Windmill Knockbulloge area near Cashel, 12 miles east of Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland.
Two adults, a man and a woman, who were in the rear of the vehicle, were pronounced dead at the scene.
An infant boy was fatally injured in the crash and was taken to Tipperary University Hospital, as were an adult male driver and adult female front seat passenger who are both said to be in a ‘serious’ condition.
The crash comes just days after four young people were killed in a car crash in Clonmel, also in Co Tipperary – 13 miles from Cashel as the crow flies.
The crash occurred in the Windmill Knockbulloge area of Cashel, Co. Tipperary
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In a statement, police said: ‘An Garda Siochana and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision that occurred this evening, Tuesday 29th August 2023 outside Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
‘The single vehicle collision occurred shortly before 9pm this evening when a car hit a wall in the Windmill Knockbulloge area of Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
Gardai can now confirm three fatalities as a result of this collision. The adult male and adult female rear seat passengers were pronounced deceased at the scene. Their bodies remain at the scene.
‘An infant boy was also fatally injured during the collision; the body of the infant boy has been taken to Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel.
‘The adult male driver and adult female front seat passenger of the car have been taken to Tipperary University Hospital where their condition is described as serious.
‘The road in Windmill Knockbulloge is currently closed to traffic with local diversions in place.
‘The road will remain closed overnight and into tomorrow. An Garda Siochana, Cashel Fire Services and HSE Ambulance Service remain at the scene this evening.
‘Garda Forensic Collision Investigators (FCI) have been requested to conduct an examination of the scene which will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 30th August 2023.’
Gardai said that they are continuing their work at the scene and in the process of ‘informing families of this tragic incident’.
Appeals have been made to those travelling in the area between 8.30pm and 9.15pm to come forward with camera footage, including dash-cam footage, in order to help officers with their enquiries.
It is the second road tragedy to occur in County Tipperary in less than a week after four young people died in a crash on Friday.
Twenty four-year-old Luke McSweeney, his 18-year-old sister Grace McSweeney and Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy, both also 18, were killed on August 25 hours after the teenagers received their State exam results.
A young girl inspecting tributes left at the scene of a crash in Clonmel, also in County Tipperary, on Monday – the second tragedy in less than a week in the region
Grace McSweeney, 18, (left) was killed in County Tipperary, Ireland on Friday after the car she was travelling in struck a wall and overturned in Clonmel. Her brother Luke McSweeney, 24, (right) was driving Grace and two friends to a bus that would take them to Carlow to celebrate their Leaving Certificate results when the crash occurred
Grace’s friends Nicole Murphy (left) and Zoey Coffey, both 18, were also killed in the crash. Aaron said he met Grace through Zoey (right)
Police at the scene of the Clonmel crash on Saturday. A local priest has branded the double tragedy ‘just heartbreaking’
They were on their way to celebrate when the car they were travelling in overturned and hit a stone wall.
The funerals for the four young people will be held later this week, after thousands attended a vigil in Clonmel on Sunday to mourn the loss.
Fr Michael Toomey, a local priest in the Clonmel area who spoke at that vigil, said 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 said on X, formerly Twitter.
He later added: ‘Just heartbreaking.’
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