Woman (25) due in court over fatal Monaghan crash

Three-year-old boy died on Monday after fatal crash at Annamarron

The scene of the fatal crash in Co Monaghan on Monday evening.
The scene of the fatal crash in Co Monaghan on Monday evening.

A 25-year-old woman is due before Carrickmacross District Court this morning charged in connection with a fatal road crash at Annamarron, Co Monaghan on Monday evening in which a 3-year-old boy died.

The boy was a passenger in a blue Nissan car which was travelling towards Carrickmacross on the N2 when it was in a crash with a Renault at Annamarron at approximately 6.30pm. The Nissan in which the boy and his mother were travelling burst into flames following the crash.

The boy’s mother remains in Tallaght hospital in a critical condition.