Talks on safety upgrades at N20 death-trap junction

Talks are taking place about safety upgrades at a death-trap junction on the N20 Cork to Limerick road.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) confirmed last night that its road safety engineers are discussing several options with Cork County Council engineers in relation to potential safety upgrades to the Waterloo junction, just north of Cork City, following an accident there on Monday in which an American couple were injured in a three-vehicle crash.

The accident bore many similarities to a crash at the same junction last September, which claimed the lives of James Baker, 62, from Indiana, and Peggy Sue Adams, 59, from Ohio. They were killed when their southbound hire-car was in collision with a truck as they turned right at the Waterloo junction. It is believed they were following sat-nav directions to Blarney.