25/08/2011

Teenager Dies In Donegal Apartment Roof Fall

A 17-year-old boy has been killed after falling from the roof of an apartment building in Co Donegal.

The teenager, who is understood to be from Santry in Dublin, is believed to have been staying with a group of friends at the apartment on Station Road in Bundoran.

They returned home around 2:30am this morning but found the door of the apartment locked.

It is believed that the youth slipped and fell as he attempted to access an open window.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gardaí have launched an investigation.

(KMcA)

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