Numbers killed on roads set to pass last year’s total

IN a grim prediction, the National Safety Council last night warned that the number of people killed on the roads this year will surpass last year’s tally.

Responding to another weekend during which four people were killed Brian Farrell said: “We now just four deaths away from last year’s total of 336. We don’t want to see any more deaths but it is now almost inevitable that we will pass last year’s total.”

A 19-year-old man was killed when his car struck a wall at about 3am on Saturday morning at Pike Farm, Kilmallock Road, Charleville, Co Cork. He was the sole occupant of the car.