217 people have died on Irish roads this year

THE death toll on Irish roads rose further when six people were killed in accidents in five counties on Saturday.

217 people have died on Irish roads this year

The weekend carnage began at 1am, when 27-year-old Fran Mitchell from Greystones, Co Wicklow drove a car into a pole on the town’s Bray Road near his home at Redford Park.

Less than an hour later, another single vehicle collision claimed the life of a man. Christopher Hunt, 33, from Skibbereen, Co Cork, was the driver of a car which hit a wall and pillar at Market Street in the town.

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