Fifth person dies on Irish roads since Saturday following Co Meath crash

A man in his 20s has died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Meath on Sunday night.

Gardaí and the emergency services responded to the crash on the R161 Trim-to-Navan road at Philpotstown shortly before 10pm.

The driver, sole occupant of the car, was treated at the scene and brought by ambulance to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, where he was later pronounced dead.

The death bring to five the number of people killed on Irish roads since Saturday. Two men in their 30s died after a crash involving three motorbikes in Co Meath on Sunday afternoon.

A motorcyclist and his pillion passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodies were taken to the mortuary at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. They have been named locally as Mark ‘Beaver’ Eager (38) and Stuart ‘Stuewy’ O’Connell (37), both from Oldcastle, Co Meath.

A second male motorcyclist was taken to Tallaght University Hospital with serious injuries, while a third male motorcyclist was taken to Cavan General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A technical examination of the scene was conducted, and the R195 at Bellaney has since reopened.

Elsewhere, a teenage boy died following a collision between a car and an e-scooter in Co Kilkenny. He was named locally as Joe Carthy from Kilkenny city.

Separately, a man in his 40s died in a single-vehicle incident shortly after 1.30am on Saturday at Ballynamona in Kinsale, Co Cork. He was named locally as Finbarr Coleman.

The scene of Sunday night’s crash in Co Meath was preserved overnight and local traffic diversions are in place pending examination by Garda Forensic Collision investigators.

The local coroner has been notified and a postmortem examination will be arranged.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to the collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage and were travelling on the R161 road between Navan and Trim between 9.30pm and 10pm on Sunday are asked to make it available to gardaí.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Navan Garda station on 046 9079930, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.