Man (20s) dies and man arrested after single-vehicle collision on M50

Michael Bolton

A man has died after a single-vehicle collision on the N2/M50 Northbound in Co Dublin.

The collision happened in the early hours of Wednesday on the slip road at Junction 5 shortly after 1:00am.

One of the occupants of the vehicle, a man in his 20s, was fatally injured.

Another passenger, a woman in her 30s, was conveyed to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, where she remains in a serious condition.

A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene under the Road Traffic Act and is currently detained at a Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

The body of the deceased male was removed to the morgue at Whitehall where a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.

A technical examination has since been conducted by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and the road is expected to reopen shortly.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the area between 12:30am and 1:30am this morning are asked to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Blanchardstown Garda Station on 01 666 7000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.