Road accidents claim six more lives

Six people died in separate road accidents yesterday just hours before a garda bank holiday road safety operation was due to come into force.

Six people died in separate road accidents yesterday just hours before the garda bank holiday road safety operation was due to come into force.

The victims included an eight-year-old boy who was struck by a lorry in Co Roscommon and a 12-year-old boy who was knocked off his bicycle by a lorry in Co Longford.