'A tragic loss': Limerick mourning as boy, 12, dies after car he was driving collides with lorry

The incident involving a car and a lorry occurred shortly before 2am

Gardaí pictured at the scene on the N21 near Adare, Co Limerick where a 12-year-old boy was killed when the car he was driving collided with a lorry. Picture: Caitlín Griffin

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses and dash-cam footage after a 12-year old boy died when the car he was driving collided head-on with an articulated lorry on Friday.

The boy, named locally as Wiktor Chojecki, from Newcastle West, Co Limerick, was driving a grey coloured Nissan Qashqai owned by his family, just before 2am, when it collided with a heavy goods truck.