Six lives lost in one of the worst weekends of year on roads

SIX people died and five were injured in a weekend of carnage on Irish roads.

A 70-year-old pedestrian was knocked down by a van in Athlone on Saturday night, bringing to six the number killed in one of the blackest weekends of the year for traffic-related accidents.

Earlier on Saturday a motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Co Meath. The motorcyclist, believed to have been in his 20s, was killed when his bike collided with another vehicle between Trim and Navan at around 5pm on Saturday. A female pillion passenger was injured in the same crash.