Two men, aged in their 20s, have died and two people have been hospitalised following a crash in Co Carlow in the early hours of Friday morning.
Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of the fatal road traffic collision, which occurred on the N80 in Leagh, Rathoe, Co Carlow at approximately 1.15am this morning.
The collision involved one vehicle. Two occupants of the car, the male driver (20s) and a male passenger (20s) were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two passengers of the car, a man and woman aged in their 20s, were taken to St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The N80 at Leagh is currently closed and will remain closed for a number of hours as Garda forensic collision investigators examine the scene. Local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.
It is understood the vehicle involved in this collision was travelling from…