A teenage girl has died and a man has been injured in a road traffic collision in County Kerry.

The crash occurred at Derrymore East in Tralee at around 5:15pm on Saturday evening.

The teenager who had been sitting in the front seat passenger in a car was pronounced dead at the scene of the single car collision.

A man in his 40s was driving the car and he is now being treated in University Hospital Kerry for non-life-threatening injuries.

Other passengers were not harmed.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the main Tralee to Camp road, specifically Derrymore East, between 4:45pm and 5:30pm yesterday are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Tralee Garda Station on 066 7102300, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

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