LAST UPDATE | 1 Jul 2023

A TEENAGE BOY who died after the car he was a passenger in collided with another vehicle on the M8 motorway has been named locally.

John Foley (15) from Spur Hill was in a car with four others that was travelling in the wrong direction down the M8 motorway in the early hours of yesterday morning when it collided with another car.

It is understood that the car Foley was a passenger in was stolen.

Gardaí said that the incident has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) as one of the vehicles involved was subject to an interaction with An Garda Síochána prior to the crash.

Foley died from his injuries.

The driver of the car (a male youth in his teens) and three other passengers (an adult teenage boy, and a teenage boy and girl) were taken to Cork University Hospital to receive treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the other car involved (a woman in her 30s) was taken to Cork University Hospital where she is receiving treatment for serious injuries. 

Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have video footage (including dash-cam) is asked to contact gardaí.

Gardaí can be contacted at Mitchelstown Garda Station on 025 84833, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.

With reporting from Niall O’Connor