Two teenagers killed in road crash involving tractor

-Credit: (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
-Credit: (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)


Two teenagers have been killed in a collision in Ireland - in which two other people were injured.

The crash involved a car and a tractor on the N83 near Levallyroe in Co Mayo shortly after 8pm on Friday.

The teenage boy and a man, aged in his late teens, who were in the car were fatally injured.

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Another teenage boy in the car was transferred to Mayo University Hospital where he is said to be in a serious condition.

The tractor driver, a man aged in his 50s, was taken to the same hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The road remained closed on Saturday morning for a forensic examination of the scene.

Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.