Overview
- Police said a Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Land Cruiser collided on the L3168 at Gibstown shortly after 9pm on Saturday, 15 November, killing five people in their early 20s.
- Gardaí named the deceased as Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, from Carrickmacross; Alan McCluskey, 23, and Dillon Commins, 23, from Drumconrath; and Chloe Hipson, 21, from Lanarkshire, Scotland.
- A sixth occupant of the Golf, a man in his 20s, and the Land Cruiser’s two occupants, a man and a woman, were treated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda for non-life-threatening injuries.
- The L3168 remains closed for a technical and forensic examination; an incident room is active at Dundalk Garda Station, family liaison officers are supporting relatives, and post‑mortems will proceed under the State Pathologist.
- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and any camera or dash‑cam footage from the L3168 between 8:30pm and 9:15pm on 15 November, as national leaders offer condolences and road-safety concerns are again highlighted.