Car crash developed into far more tragic discovery

What initially looked like a single vehicle accident on a sunlit afternoon turned into something far more tragic within minutes of gardaí arriving at the scene outside Westport, Co Mayo.

Responding to reports of the one-car collision in Clooneen, Rosbeg, Westport, shortly before 4 pm, officers came upon a harrowing sight — the dead bodies of two boys in a crashed car.

The driver of the Ford Focus car, which had smashed into a wall, survived the impact. He was rushed by ambulance to Mayo General Hospital about 20km away. His injuries are not life-threatening.