Gardai were today investigating how a 16-year-old boy died following an accident at a funfair in Waterford.
The youngster was working on a ride called the Sling Shot at the amusement park in Tramore, when the accident happened.
No further details of the accident were immediately available but police said the teenager was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital where he died from his injuries.
No one else was injured in the accident at the park.