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Victims of Galway road crash named

Loughgeorge - Two dead in car crash
Loughgeorge - Two dead in car crash

The two young men who were killed in a road accident in Loughgeorge, Co Galway have been named.

They were 20-year-old Liam Loughlin and 19-year-old Niall Greaney from Claregalway in Co Galway.

The two were passengers in a car that went out of out of control and hit at stone wall at around 3.45am this morning.

The crash occurred at the junction of the Galway-Tuam N17 and Galway-Roscommon N63.

One other man was taken to University College Hospital.

A man questioned in connection with the incident has been released and a file will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.