{"id":604874,"date":"2026-07-26T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604874\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:47:13","slug":"e-scooter-driver-and-teenager-die-in-separate-incidents-on-roads-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604874\/","title":{"rendered":"E-scooter driver and teenager die in separate incidents on roads \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The driver of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/escooters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/escooters\/\">e-scooter<\/a> has been killed in a collision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meath\">Co Meath<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The crash, involving a car, occurred on the Kentstown Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/navan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/navan\/\">Navan<\/a> at about 1.45am on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\">Garda\u00ed<\/a> said the male e-scooter driver, who remains unidentified, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was removed to the mortuary at Our Lady\u2019s Hospital, Navan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The driver of the car, a man in his 60s, and a male passenger aged in his 20s, were uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The road remained closed on Sunday morning for examination by Garda technical staff and local diversions were put in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Road users who were travelling in this area between 1am and 1.45am have been asked to make any digital recordings available to them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone with information can contact Navan Garda station on (046) 903 6100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Meanwhile, a male teenager was killed in a single-vehicle crash in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tipperary\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tipperary\">Co Tipperary<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">That incident occurred on the L4101 at Lanespark, Ballynonty, Thurles at about 3.45am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Waterford University Hospital where a postmortem will take place. The coroner has been notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The road was closed on Sunday for examination by Garda technical staff and local diversions were put in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda\u00ed have asked anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward and road users who were travelling in the area between 3am and 3.45am are urged to make any camera recordings available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone with information can contact Thurles Garda station on (0504) 25 100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver of an e-scooter has been killed in a collision in Co Meath. 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