Motorcyclist becomes 162nd road fatality

A MOTORCYCLIST was killed in a traffic accident in Co Limerick yesterday, bringing to 162 the number of people who have died on the country’s roads this year.

The man in his mid 20s was killed after his motorbike was in collision with a car near Ballybricken on the Herbertstown road about seven miles from Limerick city.

The accident happened shortly before 11am yesterday on a bend in the road.

The victim was removed from the scene by ambulance to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick. Gardaí at Roxboro Road are investigating the accident.

A garda spokesman added that they would not release the name of the victim until all relatives had been informed.

Meanwhile a 16-year -old-girl who was struck by a car in Dublin on Friday night died in hospital the following day. The accident happened at 11.30pm at Annesley Bridge in Fairview in north Dublin.

The girl had been in a critical condition in the intensive care unit at Beaumont Hospital.

She was crossing the road at Annesley Bridge in Fairview when she was knocked down.

There have been a total of 33 pedestrians killed so far this year.