Two Monkstown teens in horror crash have had amputations

Two of the teens suffered serious injuries to their limbs forcing medics to amputate, one of whom is in a critical condition.

The group of teenagers are aged between 13 and 15 and were injured when a Nissan X-Trail struck them close outside a shop on the Oliver Plunkett Road at Monkstown Farm near Dun Laoghaire at around 3pm on Sunday.

All six were rushed to hospital, along with the driver of the car, a woman in her 40s.

All six children, three boys and three girls, are in a number of Dublin hospitals.

Gardai are now trying to establish what caused the accident with one theory that the car driver suffered a medical episode.

However, officers have still not spoken to the woman.

Eyewitness Deborah Mooney told RTE Radio 1’s News at One: "I am not the better for what I saw.

"I just saw a car coming down the road and then it picked up speed, kind of, and went straight into this pole here.

"It just all happened so quick."

She added: "I just saw a group of kids here at the bin, just hanging around. I just saw one go up in the air. It was horrific, absolutely horrific. It is unbelievable, I will never forget what I saw, ever, ever. My heart goes out to the families of these people, how a tragic accident can happen like that.

"I didn’t sleep last night - I can’t get the vision out of my mind.
"I just hope and pray that they are going to be okay."

"They are all local, lovely boys, they meet here on a Sunday. They were just standing here all together just chatting away. Some of them had their back to the car so they didn’t actually see the car come.
"One went up in the air, it was just horrendous."

A number of Family Liaison Officers have been appointed to support the relatives of those involved in the collision.

Due to the serious nature of the incident and the number of casualties an Incident Room has been established in Dún Laoghaire Garda Station and a Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Dún Laoghaire Garda Station on (01) 6665000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station."