A man has been arrested following the death of a man in his sixties in a road crash in Co Wexford early on Sunday.
The incident occurred on the N25 near Drinagh at approximately 1:10am.
Gardaí said a passenger van and a jeep were involved. The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body was removed to the morgue at Wexford General Hospital where a postmortem examination is due to take place.
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A passenger in one of the vehicles was also brought to Wexford General Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injury.
“A man aged in his 40s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of offences under the Road Traffic Act and is currently detained at a Garda station in Wexford under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act,” gardaí said in a statement on Sunday.
The road was closed to preserve the scene for examination by garda forensic collision investigators. Local diversions were put in place.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.
Any road users who may have camera footage from the N25 between 12.30am and 1.30am on Sunday are asked to make it available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Wexford Garda station on (053) 916 5200, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any other station.
Separately, a man in his 50s died following a single-vehicle road traffic incident in Co Roscommon.
The incident occurred on a local road at Culleenamore, Kilglass on Sunday morning. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene shortly before 7am, where the sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead.
The road was closed for forensic investigation and the coroner was notified. A post-mortem examination was due to take place.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Boyle Garda Station on (071) 966 4620, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
