Late night single vehicle collision claims the life of young man and leaves another in hospital

A young man was killed and a teenager was injured when the car they were travelling in was involved in a single vehicle road accident last night.

Gardaí have said that they are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision at Carstown, Termonfeckin, Co.Louth at 10.30pm last night.

A man in his 20s the driver of the car was fatally injured. A second man in his late teens, a passenger in the car, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital with minor injuries.

The road at the scene remains closed pending a forensic collision examination of the crash site.