Gardaí name Wicklow crash victim

Gardaí have named the men killed in a fatal collision in Wicklow yesterday morning.

Gardaí have named the men killed in a fatal collision in Wicklow yesterday morning.

Rory Attley (17) from The Avenue, Wicklow, died when his car collided with another car in Ballinalee near Ashford at about 11am.

His body was taken to Loughlinstown Hospital for a postmortem.

Mr Attley's passenger and the driver and passenger of the second car were taken to Tallaght Hospital, but their injuries not believed to be life threatening.

It is believed one of the cars was exiting a side road when the crash happened.

So far this year, 335 people have died in the State's roads

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