Garda Ombudsman may investigate Limerick road accident

The Garda Ombudsman Commission Office has been notified after a fatal road crash in Co Limerick last night.

Two men in their 20s were killed when the car in which they were travelling struck a tree between Rathkeale and Croagh at around 9.30pm last night.

A third man who was also in the car has been taken to the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

It has now emerged that a Garda had seen the car shortly before the crash and had turned his own car to follow it.

A number of witnesses have come forward and gardaí are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.