Teenager (15) killed in Donegal rally crash named by gardaí

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Teenager (15) killed in Donegal rally crash named by gardaí

A teenage spectator killed after a crash during the Donegal International Rally on Saturday has been named by gardaí.

The event was cancelled after Tadhg Callaghan Carter, 15, was killed and two others were injured at location 15 on special stage 12 Gartan.

Gardaí say that shortly before 5pm, they and other emergency services were alerted after a number of onlookers were injured “in an incident involving a participating car” at Trentagh, near Kilmacrennan.

Tadhg was taken by ambulance from the scene to Letterkenny University Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Two other spectators are receiving hospital treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

Gardaí said the local coroner has been notified, a postmortem examination will be arranged and that the scene has been preserved for a technical examination.

It is understood the crash happened when a competing car left the road at a left-hand bend.

In a statement on Saturday, Motorsport...



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