A 16-year-old boy has died following a hit-and-run incident in Co Kildare in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Gardaí said on Sunday they had arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the incident. He was being detained at a Garda station in Co Kildare under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
The collision, which involved a vehicle and the pedestrian, occurred on the R403 in Blackwood near Robertstown at about 12.30am.
The pedestrian was fatally injured as a result and his body was taken to the mortuary at Naas General Hospital.
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The R403 in Blackwood was closed on Sunday between Graiges Cross and Dagwelds Cross pending a forensic examination by Garda Forensic Collision investigators. Local diversions were in place.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Any road users who were travelling in the vicinity of Blackwood and Robertstown at the time of the collision and who may have camera footage, including dash cam, are asked to contact gardaí.
Gardaí are also appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run incident in Co Cork in which a member of the force was hospitalised.
The incident took place on Saturday shortly before 10am when gardaí and emergency services were responding to a collision on the N72 at Spa Glen in Mallow. An unmarked Garda car was struck by another car and the driver of the second vehicle fled the scene on foot.
The sole occupant of the Garda car, a member of the force in his 40s, was taken to Cork University Hospital. He has since been discharged.
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