Two young men died in a fatal road collision involving four cars on a local road at Killeen, Ballinunty. Gardai said that shortly before 6pm, they and emergency services responded to a serious collision. Two young men, aged in their early 20s and late teens, who were occupants of one of the cars, were pronounced dead at the scene. Two women, both aged in their 20s and travelling in a second car, were taken by ambulance to Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel.
The incident took place at St Michael's Avenue in Tipperary town at around 9.35pm on Friday, September 12. A man aged in his 30s who was arrested in relation to the incident has been charged and will appear this morning's sitting of Nenagh District Court. The man injured in the assault died in University Hospital Limerick due to his injuries. The local coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have both been notified, and a postmortem examination is due to be carried out.
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