Teenager seriously injured in early morning collision

Gardaí at Longford Garda station are investigating a serious single vehicle road traffic collision which occurred at Ferefad, Longford on Sunday.

The collision occurred at approximately 3.50am on the Ferefad to Ballymacormack road.

A car with five occupants collided with a ditch, one of the male passengers (19 years) was seriously injured and taken to the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar for treatment. The driver and there other passengers were uninjured.

The road is currently closed to facilitate a Forensic Collision examination and diversions are in place.

Witnesses to the collision are asked to contact Longford Garda station on 043 3350570, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.