Teenage girl dies after car enters water in Co Tipperary

A teenager has died after the car she was driving left the road and entered a river in Co Tipperary, gardai have said.

Gardai and emergency services were called to the scene of the single-vehicle road crash on Thursday night at Kilmoyler in Cahir.

The car left the road at Kilaldry Bridge, Kilmoyler, and entered the River Aherlow after 10pm.

The driver of the car, a teenage girl and only occupant of the car, was killed.

Her body was recovered from the water on Friday morning by members of the garda water unit and has been removed from the scene to the mortuary, where a post-mortem examination is due to take place.

The L3101 is currently closed and local diversions are in place. A technical examination is being conducted by garda forensic collision investigators at present.

Gardai are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or been in the Kilmoyler area to contact them.

Any road users who may have camera footage, including dash-cam, and were travelling on the L3101 or in the Kilmoyler area between 10pm and midnight on Thursday are asked to make this available to investigating gardai.

Anyone with information asked to contact Cahir garda station on 052 7445630, the garda confidential line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.