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14 year old boy dies in Kilkenny e-scooter collision

14 year old boy dies in Kilkenny e-scooter collision

A 14-year-old boy has died following a crash involving a car and an e-scooter in Kilkenny.

It happened on the Tullaroan road in Bonnettstown shortly before 6.30 yesterday evening.

The boy, who was on the e-scooter at the time, was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny, where he's since passed away.

It's the second road death this weekend - after a man in his 40s was killed in a crash near Kinsale in Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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Anyone with any information is asked to contact Kilkenny Garda Station on 056 777 5000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

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