Motorcycle star killed as five die in weekend road accidents

A LEADING motorcycle racer was one of five people killed on the country’s roads over the weekend.

Darran Lindsay from Co Antrim died in a collision during practice for the Killalane Road Race near Skerries in Dublin around teatime on Saturday. The 35-year-old father-of-three was enjoying one of his best season’s racing, having won races in Portrush in May and at the Ulster Grand Prix.

The first weekend fatality happened shortly after midnight on Friday, when a car hit a fence and entered a field near Enniscrone, Co Sligo. The 38-year-old driver, Eamonn Fitzgerald from Culleens, Co Sligo, was killed.