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Teenager killed in Navan hit-and-run named locally as Mia Lily Keogh O'Keefe

A horrific weekend on Ireland’s roads saw seven people killed across four separate incidents.

A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL who died in a hit-and-run in Navan, Co Meath has been named as Mia Lily Keogh O’Keefe.

The young girl was killed after being struck down while out walking with her dog on Saturday evening after 8pm on the Slane Road in the town.

The driver fled the scene but a man in his 20s has since been arrested by investigating gardaí.

In an update this morning, a garda spokesperson has confirmed that the man has been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

More than €21,000 has been raised on GoFundMe to support Mia Lily’s family after the teenager’s death.

It came as part of a horrific weekend on Ireland’s roads, with Mia Lily’s death one of seven over the past two days in crashes in Tyrone, Galway and Waterford.

A further six people were injured across the incidents.

river (34) PSNI officers searching at the scene near Moy in County Tyrone after three people died and four people were injured following a serious crash on the Armagh Road. Liam McBurney / PA Liam McBurney / PA / PA

In Armagh, three people were killed in a three-vehicle road crash.

Two men, aged 31 and 48, and a woman, aged 23, died following the incident, the PSNI confirmed.

Police received reports of the crash involving a red BMW, a grey Volkswagen and a white Audi at around 10:20pm.

Four other people sustained injuries as a result of the crash.

Fatal crashes in Galway and Waterford

At around the same time as Mia Lily’s death on Saturday night, a woman in her 80s also died following a single-vehicle collision in Eyrecourt, Co Galway.

Gardaí are appealing for anyone who was travelling in the area between 7:30pm and 8:30pm to make any footage available to investigators.

In Waterford, a man and a woman in their 40s died after their car was involved in a crash with a van near Tramore on Saturday.

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the incident at Robin Hill involving a van and a car, at midday.

A man in his 50s and a male juvenile were in the van and were taken to University Hospital Waterford for treatment of injuries believed to be non life-threatening.

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