Pedestrian deaths rise to 54 as two killed at weekend

THE number of pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents this year rose to 54 after separate weekend tragedies.

Dubliner Paul O’Neill, 71, from Milltown Road, died on Friday night after being knocked down on Bachelors Walk. Gardaí in Store Street, 01 6668000, are seeking to talk to people near Capel Street Bridge and the Millennium Bridge, Ormond Quay and Bachelors Walk between 7.45pm and 8.15pm.

In Donegal, Patrick Cullen, 63, from Devlinreagh, Carrigart, died on Saturday from fatal injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle at Rosapenna, Downings at 1.25am.