Heartbreaking particulars emerge after 5 younger individuals killed in Co Louth crash horror

Devastating details are starting to surface about the five young mates who perished in a two-vehicle road traffic crash in Co. Louth at the weekend.

Chloe McGee, 23, Shay Duffy, 21, Alan McCluskey, 23, Dylan Commins, 23, and Chloe Hipson, 21, tragically died in the early hours of Saturday morning when the Volkswagen Golf they were travelling in smashed into a Toyota Land Cruiser on the L3168.

A sixth person, a male, who was also in the Golf during the collision survived with serious but non-life threatening injuries and is currently receiving treatment in hospital. The two occupants of the Land Cruiser were also hospitalised following the crash, but neither sustained life threatening injuries.

One of the victims, Chloe McGee, was a school teacher from Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan, reports the Irish Mirror.

Chloe had recently landed a permanent position teaching at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education in Dundalk.

“I was speaking with Chloe on Friday,” Ó Fiaich principal, Padraig McGovern told Morning Ireland on Monday.

“She was full of fun and she was full of achievement and success and and and looking forward to the weekend and that within 24 hours changed, changed drastically.”

Mr McGovern confirmed Chloe, who had been with the Ó Fiaich Institute for three years, had recently landed a permanent teaching position there. “Chloe had got a permanent job and she was celebrating that,” he lamented.

“She loved her job. Chloe was three years with us and she had got her permanent contract and that was a big thing for Chloe.

“She was very keen on her job. She was very much a part, she became very much a part of the fabric of our school. And, both students and staff, she loved to help her students, loved to go the extra mile, was very good at her subject, and was also the sort of girl that was involved in everything, that all sorts of staff activities, any sort of new projects, anything that we were looking at to develop she was there and willing to take part.”

Meanwhile, gardaí in Dundalk are continuing their probe into all circumstances surrounding the fatal crash.

The location on the R3168 has been examined by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and Divisional Scenes of Crime Unit. Local traffic diversions remain in place to facilitate further examinations and searches [today], Monday 17th November 2025,” said a gardai spokesperson.

“Following completion of forensic examinations and assessment at the scene by the State Pathologist Linda Mulligan, both vehicles were removed from the scene to a secure location shortly after 6pm on, Sunday 16th November 2025.

“The remains of the five deceased will be brought to the morgue at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda where postmortems will take place over the coming days. The families of each of the deceased has been updated on the ongoing investigation,” the spokesperson added.

An Garda Síochána is still urging:.

• anyone with any information about this road traffic collision to get in touch with the investigation team at Dundalk Garda Station. • anyone who was on the L3168 between 8.30pm and 9.15pm, last night Saturday 15th November 2025 to contact the Garda Investigation Team.

• anyone who might have any camera footage or images from the L3168, Gibstown area between 8.30pm and 9.15pm, last night Saturday 15th November 2025 to hand that footage or images over to the investigation team at Dundalk Garda Station. Anyone with information is asked to ring Dundalk Garda Station on 042 938 8400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.