A young man has died after being hit by a truck on a national road this morning.
Gardai are probing the collision, which took place at around 12.30am on Tuesday on the N1 at Carrickarnan, Drumad, Dundalk, Co Louth.
The man, a pedestrian aged 21, was struck by an articulated truck and pronounced dead at the scene.
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The driver of the lorry, a man in his 30s, did not require medical treatment, gardai said.
The body of the deceased has since been removed from the scene and the coroner has been notified.
The road is currently closed and a Garda forensic team is conducting a technical examination of the scene. Local diversions are in place.
Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the N1 at Carrickarnan, Drumad between midnight and 12.30am are asked to make this footage available to them.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on (042) 9388400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
It comes as seven people died over the June bank holiday weekend in the worst weekend on Irish roads this year.
Gardai issued a warning to motorists as Assistant Commissioner Paula Hilman said the rise in fatalities on the road was a "worrying trend".
Ms Hilman said: "Every number we talk about, that’s a person, it’s somebody’s loved one, it’s an empty seat at the table and we should never lose sight of that."
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