Second teenager dies after car crash near Ennis

Vehicle struck wall in Woodstock area near town in early hours of Sunday morning

Gardaí are investigating a crash in Co Clare on Sunday in which two young men died.
Gardaí are investigating a crash in Co Clare on Sunday in which two young men died.

A second person has died following a car crash near Ennis in Co Clare on Sunday.

Gardaí said the 19-year-old man, who was driving the car which struck a wall shortly after 4am, died at University Hospital Limerick on Tuesday.

An 18-year-old man who died in the crash had earlier been named as Oisín Cahill. He was a passenger in a car which crashed on the Shanaway Road at Woodstock.

A third man (22) remains in a critical condition in hospital, gardaí said.

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It is understood the Toyota car was travelling towards Ennis when it collided with a wall near the entrance to Woodstock View housing estate.

Gardaí have appealed for anyone with information to contact Ennis Garda station on (065) 684 8100, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or at any Garda station.