Teenager loses life in Mayo N17 road accident

A 17-year-old teenager has lost his life after being struck by a vehicle on the N17 in Mayo earlier tonight.

The victim was a pedestrian on a stretch of road adjacent to where three members of a family - mum Una Bowden and her two daughters, Ciara and Saorise - were killed on Tuesday last.

The stretch where tonight's fatality occurred is in the townland of Barnacarroll, Claremorris.

The road has been closed off and local diversions are in place.