Man and woman die in collision on straight road

TWO people died in a head-on collision on a dry, straight stretch of wide road yesterday.

The accident happened just 18m from the tragic scene of the death of 15-year-old Marie Rooney at Moneygold, Co Sligo, just two years ago when she was struck by a car while waiting for her school bus.

A woman died at the scene when the Donegal-registered silver Nissan Almera she was driving southwards collided with a Dublin-registered black Mitsubishi Colt with L-plates heading north.