26/05/2009

Three More Road Deaths Mourned

An overnight tragedy and two weekend road deaths bring the number of people killed on Northern Ireland's roads so far this year to 48.

The latest victim being mourned is a 29-year-old man who has been killed in a crash involving five vehicles in Co Fermanagh overnight.

The accident happened on the Killadeas Road between Kesh and Enniskillen on Monday evening at about 6.50pm.

Two people were taken to hospital. Their injuries have been described as not life threatening.

Police have appealed to anyone to anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them.

There was also double weekend tragedies which saw men fatally injured in separate road accidents on Saturday night.

A 40-year-old man died in a one-vehicle crash on the Westlink in Belfast at about 9.30pm and a second man - who was a passenger in the car - was taken to hospital where he is in a critical condition.

Meanwhile, in Co Antrim, a man in his late 40s was killed and two others injured after a two-car collision on the Frosses Road near Dunloy Cross at about 11.30pm. Neither victim's name has yet been released by police.

Meanwhile, two people have been seriously injured in two-vehicle crash on the the Warren Road in Donaghadee - also over the Bank Holiday weekend.

(BMcC/JM)

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