Overview
- The collision involved a car striking two pedestrians on Tullamore Road in Clara at about 6:15pm Wednesday.
- The girl was treated at the scene and transferred to CHI Crumlin in Dublin, where her condition is critical.
- The boy, also in his mid-teens, is being treated at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
- A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene and is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at a Co Offaly garda station.
- Garda Forensic Collision Investigators have preserved the scene with local diversions in place, and investigators want any camera or dashcam footage from Tullamore Road, Frederick Street or Bridge Street.