Overview
- The two-vehicle collision involved a Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Land Cruiser on the L3168 at Gibstown, outside Dundalk, shortly after 9pm on Saturday, November 15.
- Gardaí named the deceased, all in their early 20s, as Chloe McGee, Alan McCluskey, Dillon Commins, Shay Duffy and Chloe Hipson, following family permission.
- A sixth occupant of the Golf and the two occupants of the Land Cruiser were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with non-life-threatening injuries.
- The scene remains closed for technical and forensic examination, the coroner and State Pathologist have been notified, and post-mortems are scheduled.
- An appeal seeks witnesses and any camera or dash-cam footage from the L3168 between 8:30pm and 9:15pm, as family liaison officers support the bereaved and national leaders offer condolences.