Four teens hurt as boat slams into pillar of bridge

Four teenagers were hospitalised, one with a serious brain injury, after their motor boat slammed into the pillar of a bridge on the River Shannon.

Details of the accident were revealed at Mullingar Circuit Court sitting in Tullamore yesterday.

Boat driver Richard Coffey, who was 19 at the time of the crash and who is now 21, previously admitted a single charge of endangerment by recklessly engaging in conduct with a motor boat which created a substantial risk of serious injury or death.