Two men are dead and a woman is in a critical condition in James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, after a two-vehicle collision on the Dublin to Derry road (N2) near Ashbourne, Co Meath.
Three ambulances and one unit of the fire brigade were called to the crash, which occurred shortly after 3 p.m. at Bullstown, The Ward, yesterday.
The crash involved a car and a seven-seater "people carrier". The drivers of both vehicles were fatally injured and the woman who was a passenger in the car was described last night as critical. The N2 was closed for a short time as emergency crews worked at the scene.
