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A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN has died after his car crashed into a tree in the townland of Carrowntreila, to the south of Ballina, last evening.
The crash happened at around 6.30pm.
According to gardaí, the driver was fatally injured when the car he was driving left the road and struck a tree on the old Ballina to Foxford road around 3km outside Ballina.
The man, who was the sole occupant of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body has been removed to the mortuary at Castlebar Hospital, where a post mortem is due to take place later today.
A section of the road is closed as forensic tests are carried out.
Gardaí at Ballina are investigating. They can be reached on 096 20560.
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A lot of roads are lethal at the moment with falling leaves, so be careful how you drive. RIP young man.
The overwhelming stat for these road deaths is that most of the fatalities are young males usually in their late teens or early twenties.
The picture in article is of the N26 new Ballina-Foxford road. The accident occurred on the old road at Carrowntreila. R310
alot of the crashes are suicides
A taxi man and another man died along the same stretch of road last December. RIP
That stretch of road is lethal.
Sorry red thumbers, I should probably clarify my statement for your sake. The crash took place on the old Swinford road, not at the main one in the picture. I had a crash on that same stretch a few years ago, hence my statement over how dangerous it is.
Why always be young males?
they tend to drive too fast
Il bet the road isn’t that bad and you were going just with a car hence you almost crashing
*only just with a car
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