Community mourns death crash teenagers

A community was in mourning today after two teenage girls from the same neighbourhood were killed in a car crash that injured three other young people.

Stacy Haugh, 16, and Lorna Mahoney, 13, were killed instantly when the Opel car in which they were travelling hit a wall on the outskirts of the seaside village of Carrigaholt, Co Clare, last night.

Both girls were from the same area of Kilkee, gardaí said.

The driver and two passengers – thought to be teenage boys – were injured and taken to hospital.

No other vehicle was involved in the collision, which happened at 8.30pm.

Gardaí were investigating the circumstances of the crash.