Gardaí investigate fatal Louth collision

A man in his 20s has died and another is seriously injured following a collision in Co Louth in the early hours of this morning.

It happened at half past one at Hunterstown on the Ardee to Collon Road when a car hit a bridge then a tree.

One man was pronounced dead at the scene while the other man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

The road is currently closed to facilitate a forensic collision examination and diversions are in place.