Fatal mistake to cut traffic corps - Road safety

THREE more people have died in traffic accidents — one a male pedestrian in Dublin and the others both young women who died after their car was in collision with a truck in Westmeath.

They bring to 145 the number of people killed on our roads so far this year — 26 more than the same period in 2015.

These deaths represent an unwelcome addition to the growing grim statistic of carnage on the roads. But to family and friends, the loss of their loved ones is a personal tragedy.