Overview
- The victims were named locally as Cian Farrell (18) and Padraic Tuffy (19), who were pronounced dead at Laghtadawannagh on the L5140 shortly after 4:15am Sunday.
- Three other occupants — two males in their mid teens and a female in her late teens — were taken to Mayo University Hospital with injuries described as non life-threatening.
- Gardaí report a single-vehicle collision and the road remains closed to allow a technical examination by forensic collision investigators.
- The Mayo coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will be conducted.
- Officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage, as reporters note the deaths bring to five the number of teenagers killed on Irish roads in seven days.