Girl dies after horror weekend on roads

THE schoolgirl who died in a road accident at the weekend was one of seven teenagers packed into a tiny Volkswagen Polo, gardaí confirmed yesterday.

A bloodied running shoe marked the spot outside Ennis in Co Clare where Charelle Howard, 17, lost her life following the single vehicle accident just after 1am on Saturday morning.

Her death brings to 204 the number of people killed on the nation’s roads this year.