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Case No. 5934Fatal road traffic collision · Co. Wicklow · 5 May 2024

Teenage girl dies in single-vehicle collision at Baltinglass, Co Wicklow

A teenage girl, a passenger, died in a single-vehicle road traffic collision at Slaney Park in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, shortly before 5am on Sunday 5 May 2024. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and no other serious injuries were reported. A teenage male driver was arrested on suspicion of Road Traffic Act offences and detained at a Garda station in Wicklow under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. He has since been released from custody, and a file is to be prepared for the DPP.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested6 May
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A teenage girl, a passenger in the car, died in a single-vehicle road traffic collision.
  • She was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • No other serious injuries to persons were reported.
Where
The collision happened at Slaney Park in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow.
When
The collision happened shortly before 5am on Sunday, 5 May 2024.
Investigation
  • Forensic Collision Investigators examined the scene, and the road was closed for the examination.
  • Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and for camera or dash-cam footage from road users in the Slaney Park area between 4:30am and 5:00am.
  • The teenage male driver was arrested on suspicion of Road Traffic Act offences.
  • The driver was detained at a Garda station in Wicklow under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
  • The driver has since been released from custody.
Charges
No charge is reported in the sources; a file is to be prepared for the DPP.
Other details
The girl's body was removed from the scene, and a post-mortem was to be conducted in the coming days.
21 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe teenage girl was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA single-vehicle road traffic collision was fatal. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA teenage girl died in the collision. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatNo other serious injuries to persons were reported. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe collision happened in Co Wicklow. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe collision happened at Slaney Park in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe collision happened in the early hours of Sunday, shortly before 5am. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe collision happened shortly before 5am on Sunday. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe driver was being detained at a Garda station in Wicklow under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationForensic Collision Investigators were examining the scene and the road was closed. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for witnesses and for camera footage from road users in the Slaney Park area. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe teenage male driver was arrested on suspicion of Road Traffic Act offences. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe driver was detained at a Garda station in Wicklow. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe driver has since been released from custody. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationForensic Collision Investigators completed an examination of the scene. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationA file will be prepared for the DPP. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for witnesses to the collision. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are asking road users for camera or dash-cam footage from the Slaney Park area between 4:30am and 5:00am. (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeThe driver was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Road Traffic Act. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherNo other serious injuries were reported. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 6 May2024
    Arrestedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Gardai release teen driver arrested following fatal single-vehicle collision

    Driver arrested on suspicion of Road Traffic Act offences and released from custody; file to be prepared for the DPP. Gardaí appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage.

    victim, teens, femalesuspect, teens, male
  2. 6 May2024
    Arrestedirishmirror.ie, follow-up
    Teenage girl killed in single vehicle horror crash as Gardai arrest driver

    First report of the collision. Records the girl's death at the scene, the driver's arrest under the Road Traffic Act, and the Garda appeal for witnesses and dash-cam footage.

    victim, femalesuspect, male