Overview
- Emergency services responded shortly after 4:15am to a single-vehicle crash on the L5140 at Laghtadawannagh near Ballina.
- Two occupants, both adults in their late teens, were pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining critical injuries.
- Three other occupants—two males in their mid-teens and one adult female—were taken to Mayo University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- The road remains closed for a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators with local diversions in place.
- The coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will follow, while Gardaí appeal for witnesses and relevant camera footage, urging contacts to Ballina Garda Station (096 20560) or the Garda Confidential Line (1800 666 111).