Emergency personnel clear up the the scene of a crash at the entrance to Woodstock View on Shanaway Road in Ennis on Easter Sunday. Photograph by John Kelly.
Gardaí in Ennis are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Woodstock, Shanaway Road, Ennis, in the early hours of this morning, Easter Sunday.
At approximately 4.20am a male passenger (18 years) was fatally injured when the car he was in, hit a wall directly oppposite Woodstock Hotel.
The other occupants, the driver and passenger (both young men, 19 and 21 years) were seriously injured and were removed to University Hospital Limerick.
None of the three young men has been named.
Garda forensic collision investigators are on the since, where the vehicle is screened off, and there are some diversions.
Gardaí are appealing to any persons or motorists who may have witnessed the collision to contact them at Ennis Garda Station on 065 – 6848100, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.