The Garda Ombudsman is today investigating a car crash in Co Donegal in which an 18-year-old woman was injured.

The roads of Donegal will be patrolled for the first time today by the county’s own dedicated Garda Traffic Corps Unit in a bid to halt the loss of young lives in crashes.

A Garda Traffic Corps unit is to be established in Donegal in a bid to halt a spate of road deaths that has ravaged the county.

The death of a man in road accident in Co Donegal in the early hours of this morning has brought the number of deaths on the roads this weekend to eight.

The Government is being urged to draw up a separate road safety strategy for Co Donegal after crashes in the county claimed six young lives this weekend.