Gardaí are appealling for witnesses, after a teenager was killed in a fatal road crash in the early hours of this morning near Buncrana.
The single-car collision took place shortly after 5am this morning, on the R244 (Mountain Road) at Ballinlough.
The driver and sole occupant of the car, an adult male in his teens, was fatally injured in the crash.
The local coroner has been notified and arrangements will now be made for a post-mortem examination.
The road is currently closed pending a technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators later this morning. Local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area between 4:30am and 5.30am are asked to make this footage available to investigating Gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda Station on 074 932 0540, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
This latest accident comes just over a week after three people were killed in a two-car collision in Liscooley, and marks the eighteenth death on Donegal’s roads this year – compared to just ten deaths for all of 2023.
