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The man's body was brought to the Midwestern Regional Hospital Limerick James Horan/Photocall Ireland

Road Death

Man killed in Limerick crash

A 19-year-old man was killed in a road crash in Limerick early this morning.

Updated 19.56

A MAN WAS killed in a road traffic collision in Limerick this morning.

The 19-year-old was involved in a single-vehicle collision on the N21 near Rathkeale, Co Limerick at about 8.20 am.

The victim has been named as Richard Browne of Balliniska, Feohanagh, Co Limerick.

The man, who was the only occupant of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was removed to the Mid Western Regional hospital in Limerick for a post mortem examination, according to gardaí.

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