Man killed in Limerick road crash

A 23 year-old man has died following a car crash in Co Limerick in the early hours of this morning

A 23 year-old man has died following a car crash in Co Limerick in the early hours of this morning

The crash happened on the Dooradoyle Road,  in Limerick, at about 2.15 a.m.

The driver was killed and two others seriously injured when the silver BMW car they were travelling in crashed into an entrance pillar.

The injured men are both in their late teens and were taken by ambulance to  the Mid Western Regional Hospital. 

Gardaí have reopened the road to traffic.