Multiple people killed in Tipperary road crash as emergency crews rush to scene

29 August 2023 , 21:44

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A number of people have died in a road crash in Co Tipperary, Gardai have said (stock image) (Image: Getty Images)

Three people have died, including an infant boy, in a road crash in Co Tipperary, Gardai have said.

Emergency services and gardai are currently at the scene of a single-vehicle collision near Cashel. "Initial indications are that there are a number of persons deceased," an earlier statement said.

Gardai said that they are continuing their work at the scene and in the process of "informing families of this tragic incident".

Officers later confirmed that three people had died, a man, a woman and an infant boy. Gardai said the single vehicle collision occurred shortly before 9pm on Tuesday when a car hit a wall in the Windmill Knockbulloge area.

An 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. It is believed there were a total of five people inside the car which crashed on a minor road near the townland of Rathcoun at about 8.50pm.

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The fatal road collision comes just days after four people were killed in a car crash in Clonmel, also in Co Tipperary.

24-year-old Luke McSweeney, his 18-year-old sister Grace McSweeney and Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy, both also 18, were killed on Friday evening hours after the teenagers received their State exam results.

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.

Ryan Merrifield