Gardai continue to seek witnesses to Dungarvan Crash.

Post mortems are to take place today in Waterford of the three men that died in a horrific car crash outside Dungarvan.

The Collision on a stretch of the N72 known locally as the Military Road happened about 10am yesterday involving two cars travelling in opposite directions.

The six occupants of the other car, a man and woman and four children were air lifted to hospitals in Cork and Waterford where they were treated for their injuries.

Three of the most critical underwent operations on last night. The children are aged between six and 14 and one has special needs. 

Reports suggest that the man is from Cobh and works for the naval service, while the woman lived in the Mallow area.

One of the children was discharged from hospital this morning.  The woman's three children remain in hospital along with her and her partner.

The Car with the three men that died went on fire on impact and they were pronounced dead at the scene.

The three men that died in the crash have not been formally identified and may have to be identified from dental records. There are unconfirmed reports that at least two of the dead are from the Dungarvan area.

The road remained closed overnight but is expected to reopen this afternoon.

Gardai in Dungarvan are continuing to appeal for information about the crash and have called on anyone on the stretch of road around the time of the crash to contact them on 058 48600, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or at any Garda Station.

Meanwhile the N72 claimed the life of another motorist this morning.

A man in his 20’s died following a head on collision in North Cork.

The Crash happened about 8-15am this morning on the Fermoy to Mallow road at Castlehyde.

The driver of one of the cars was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other car had an adult and two children in it were also injured. The child received head injuries and both were brought to Cork University Hospital to be treated.

The section of road remains closed this afternoon pending an investigation by a forensic crash investigation team.