A male in his teens has died and a man in his 20s taken to hospital following a crash on Saturday.
The driver, a man in his 20s, was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for treatment of injuries which are believed to be serious.The road was closed on Sunday morning to allow for an examination of the scene by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.At the scene: BBC reporter Kevin Sharkey, in Quigley's PointThe loss of life here last night is the latest in a long line of tragedies on roads in the Inishowen peninsula in recent years.
There were poignant scenes as the small car, which hit a bridge, was lifted from the crash site and taken away on the back of a lorry, under garda escort."Our prayers have to be with them at all times," Terry Crossan says"Out here in Inishowen it has happened so often, time and time again, absolute tragedies... It doesn’t bear thinking about at all," he told BBC News NI.The community of Inishowen will be offering their prayers and heartfelt condolences, Mr Crossan added.
"This will impact on the whole of the community and whenever the names of the victims begin to emerge it will hit home even harder," he said. "There’s not much that you can say, you just pray for them and hope that they can get through this tragedy."Man in his 50s dies while diving off Donegal coast
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