Gardaí appealed to anyone who witnessed the incident, particularly those with dash-cam footage, to contact Waterford Garda Station. Photograph: iStockA teenager has died and another has been seriously injured following an incident involving a bus and an electric scooter in Waterford city.“One person travelling on the e-scooter, a male youth in his teens, was pronounced deceased at the scene,” the force said in a statement.
The Cork Road in Waterford was closed from the South East Technological University to the ring road on Thursday morning to allow for a technical examination to be carried out by Garda forensic collision investigators. Local diversions have been put in place. Gardaí appealed to anyone who witnessed the incident, particularly those with dash-cam footage, to contact Waterford Garda station on 305300, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
The teenager is the 91st person to die on the State’s roads so far this year, an increase of nine on the same period last year.
Your top stories on Thursday: Cathal Crotty set to face dismissal from Defence Forces; boy dies in quad bike crash