Teen girl killed, six injured as car crashes into ditch

A 18-YEAR-OLD girl died and six other teenagers were injured after the car in which they were travelling crashed into a ditch in Co Cork yesterday evening.

Named locally as Ruth Gorey, the deceased, a Leaving Certificate student, is understood to have celebrated her 18th birthday in recent weeks.

One of the injured is understood to be her 15-year-old brother. It is believed the woman’s mother came on the scene of the accident last night which occurred about two miles from the family home in Kilbehenny, near Mitchelstown, Co Cork.