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Number of new year road deaths increases to nine

A HORRIFIC weekend on the roads has seen the numbers killed in traffic accidents increase to nine — just 12 days into the new year.

Number of new year road deaths increases to nine

Mon, 12 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

Mícheál Lehane

Four people died in three separate accidents yesterday.

A 29-year-old man was killed when the car he was driving hit a ditch at Walsh Island in Co Offaly.

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