26/03/2007

Two die in car crash

Garda have said that one of the vehicles involved in a fatal car crash near Dundalk had a Northern registration and had been stolen.

The crash occurred at 3am on Sunday on the Carlingford Road.

David Keenan 17, from Culfore in County Louth, a front seat passenger in one car, and 64-year-old George Campbell from Jenkinstown, the driver of the other vehicle, lost their lives in the smash that occurred near Annaloughan in County Louth.

A female passenger is said to be in a critical condition in Drogheda Hospital.

Irish police said that they have interviewed the 18-year-old driver of the car.

He is being treated for injuries at a Drogheda Hospital.

(SP/KMcA)

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