Weekend accident brings road deaths to 389

THE death of a 40-year-old man in a single vehicle accident in the early hours of yesterday morning has brought the number of deaths on Irish roads to 389 this year.

Although it was the only fatal accident reported in the Republic over the weekend, it marks the end of a week in which 16 people lost their lives on the road.

In a horrific crash in Belfast, also in the early hours of Sunday, two young people were killed and eight others were injured when a taxi and another car collided.