Student dropped friend home 10 minutes before fatal accident

TWO rural communities were numbed by grief yesterday following the tragic deaths of two young women in separate road traffic accidents.

In Timoleague, Co Cork, the family and friends of Kate Fleming were mourning her death in an early morning accident which occurred shortly after she had dropped a friend home.

The 18-year-old university student is survived by her brother Bill, 14, and parents Peter and Kathleen.