Gardaí name mother and children killed in Wexford crash

Gardaí have named the young mother and her two children who died in a road crash in Co Wexford last night.

Twenty-four-year-old Jacinta Sinnott, her three-year-old son Trevor and one-year-old daughter Tanya were killed when their car collided with a truck on the N25 between Wexford and New Ross just before 9pm.

A 17-year-old man and a seven-year-old girl who were also travelling in the car were injured in the crash, while the lorry driver was treated for shock.

The man is in a critical condition in hospital in Dublin, while the girl is recovering at Wexford General Hospital.

The accident happened at Larkin's Cross, around 7km from Wexford town.