Two die as road crash victims are honoured

On a day when safety appeals were made to coincide with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, two more Irish people lost their lives in car crashes.

The latest victim, a woman in her 20s, was thrown from her car when it went out of control near Ennis, Co Clare, and hit a barrier beside the M18 motorway. She was pronounced dead at the scene despite the immediate attentions of a surgeon, who was driving a short distance behind the woman’s red Nissan.

A second woman, believed to be her mother, was treated for serious injuries. The pair were travelling from Shannon Airport to Athenry.