Offaly teenager dies from road accident injuries

A teenager has died in hospital from injuries sustained in a road accident in Co Offaly yesterday.

The 15-year-old girl was involved in a collision between a motorcycle and a car on the Banagher to Cloghan Road near Birr last evening.

She was a pillion passenger on the bike.

The girl’s name will not be released until all next of kin have been informed.