16-year-old victim of Carlow road crash named

A 16-year-old girl has died after a road crash in Co Carlow this morning has been named as Jamie Spruhan of Ballytiglea, Borris…

A 16-year-old girl has died after a road crash in Co Carlow this morning has been named as Jamie Spruhan of Ballytiglea, Borris.

She was the passenger in a van that apparently lost control and hit a ditch on the Borris-to-Rahanne Road near Spahill at 1.40 a.m. No other vehicle was involved.

The male driver of the van, aged in his twenties, was injured in the crash.

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