A man in his 20’s has been killed in a road crash in Co. Meath.
It happened on the Trim to Navan Road at around 10 o’clock last night.
This was the second fatal crash in the county within a matter of hours.
Gardaí say local diversions are in place on the R161 at Philpotstown near Navan, as they investigate the crash.
The man who was aged in his 20’s and was the only person in the car, was initially treated at the scene before being brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, where he was later pronounced dead.
His death was the 3rd on the roads in Co. Meath.
Yesterday, just before 5pm, two men in their 30’s were killed in a collision involving three motorbikes near Oldcastle. Two other men were hurt in the crash, 1 of them seriously.
In all, Five people died in road crashes over the course of the weekend, including a 14 year old in Co. Kilkenny and a man in Co Cork.
