Two die in Dundalk road accident

Two men were killed and four people injured in a road accident in Dundalk, Co Louth early today.

Gardaí said two cars and a jeep collided on the N1 motorway at Dowdallshill cemetery at about 4am.

Two men, the drivers of the jeep and one of the cars, were killed in the accident.

Four others, two men and two women, were injured in the crash.

Two of the four, a man and a woman, are believed to be in a critical condition in hospital.

The injured are being treated in Louth County Hospital in Dundalk and Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda.

The remaining two are both said to be in stable condition.

Gardaí have closed a section of the busy N1 road from the Lisdoo junction to the Ballymac roundabout and are examining the scene.