Two young crash victims named

The two young people who were involved in a road traffic collision, one fatally, outside Castlepollard have been named locally.

The Wednesday night crash claimed the life of a young man, Patrick Lynch (27), while the other occupant of the car, Linda Costin-Smith (18), was taken to Mullingar General hospital with serious injuries, but is now believed to be in a stable condition.

Mr Lynch was from the Oldcastle area of Meath while Ms Costin-Smith comes from Cavan town.

A statement from Gardaí suggest that the car hit a ditch, before moving along and flipping onto its roof into a field in Deerpark, about 2km outside of Castlepollard.

They say that the crash took place sometime between 10pm and 11.20pm on the rural Castlepollard to Collinstown Road, the R395.

The road was closed yesterday while a forensic examination of the area was carried out. The Garda statement read: “A car hit a ditch and ended up in a field, a male (27 years) occupant of the car was fatally injured and pronounced dead at Mullingar Regional hospital. A female occupant (18 years) was seriously injured and also taken to Mullingar Regional hospital.

Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to the collision or to anyone who may have been on that stretch of road between 10pm and 11.20pm on Wednesday 15 to contact them. Anyone with information can contact Gardaí in Mullingar on 044 9384000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.