One teenager is dead and a second seriously injured after a road crash in Waterford city. They were travelling on an e-scooter which collided with a bus in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene on the R680 Cork Road in Waterford city at 1:10am this morning. One of the teenage boys who'd been travelling on the e-scooter was pronounced dead at the scene - the second was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the bus was unhurt.
The road is currently closed from the South East Technological University (SETU) to the Ring Road and a technical examination by Forensic Collision Investigators is underway. Local diversions are also in place. Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward, they especially want to hear form anyone who has dash cam footage from the area.
