Two killed in overnight crash in Co Sligo

Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Co Sligo overnight.

Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Co Sligo overnight.

A man and a woman died when the car in which they were travelling struck a tree at Drumcliffe on the Sligo to Bundoran road near Rosses Point at around 2.25 a.m.

They have been named this evening as Ms Catriona Conlon (22) from Drumcliffe and and Mr Maitis Leonard (26), from Cloonaghbawn, Ballinfull.

Gardai at Rosses Point are investigating.

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