A 12-year-old boy has been killed after the car he was driving collided with a lorry in Co Limerick.
It happened on the outskirts of Adare at around 2 o'clock this morning.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has now been removed to the morgue at University Hospital Limerick.
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A man in his 40s who was driving the truck did not need hospital treatment.
Gardai are appealing for witnesses, especially anyone who may have dash-cam footage.
Limerick journalist David Raleigh says the young boy was about to turn 13.
