04/08/2014
Five Die On NI's Roads Over The Weekend
Five people have died on Northern Ireland's roads this weekend, police have said.
On Saturday, two people were killed in a road traffic collision in Newry, Co Down. The two-vehicle crash occurred on the Dublin Road in the city at around 5.25pm.
The victims have been named as 19-year-old Niall Murphy, who was from Newry, and 67-year-old Joan Connor who was from Drogheda in Co Louth. Mr Murphy was the driver of a blue Ford Fiesta, while Mrs Connor is understood to have been a passenger in a brown Nissan Qashqai when they collided.
Mr Murphy died at the scene. Mrs Connor was taken to a nearby hospital but was later pronounced dead. Anyone who witnessed the collision has been asked to contact police.
On Friday (1 August), a man died in hospital after sustaining injuries from a car crash in Loughgall, Co Armagh, earlier in the week, while in a separate incident on the same day, two soldiers died in Cullybackey, Co Antrim, after the car they were travelling in collided with a tractor.
To date, a total of 48 people have died on Northern Ireland's roads this year.
(JP/CD)
On Saturday, two people were killed in a road traffic collision in Newry, Co Down. The two-vehicle crash occurred on the Dublin Road in the city at around 5.25pm.
The victims have been named as 19-year-old Niall Murphy, who was from Newry, and 67-year-old Joan Connor who was from Drogheda in Co Louth. Mr Murphy was the driver of a blue Ford Fiesta, while Mrs Connor is understood to have been a passenger in a brown Nissan Qashqai when they collided.
Mr Murphy died at the scene. Mrs Connor was taken to a nearby hospital but was later pronounced dead. Anyone who witnessed the collision has been asked to contact police.
On Friday (1 August), a man died in hospital after sustaining injuries from a car crash in Loughgall, Co Armagh, earlier in the week, while in a separate incident on the same day, two soldiers died in Cullybackey, Co Antrim, after the car they were travelling in collided with a tractor.
To date, a total of 48 people have died on Northern Ireland's roads this year.
(JP/CD)
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