Man dies in road crash after car hits tree in Co Limerick
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses.
A man has died in a road crash while another man remains in critical condition after a car struck a tree in Co Limerick.
The driver of the car, a man aged in his 20s, died in the road collision which happened on the N21 at Cummeen in Adare at around 2.40am on Sunday.
The man’s body was removed from the scene and taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick where a post-mortem examination will take place.
Two passengers, a man aged in his 20s and an adult male teenager, were taken to University Hospital Limerick.
The man remains in a critical condition while the teenager received non-life threatening injuries.
The road is currently closed for a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to come forward.
Road users who were travelling on the N21 at Cummeen, Adare, Limerick in the early hours of Sunday between 2.15am and 2.45am and who may have camera footage, including dashcam, are asked to make it available to investigating gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Henry Street Garda Station on the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.