Six die in day of carnage

Six people were killed yesterday (May 1) is separate road accidents across the country in what was a very black day for the road transport industry.

In Co Tipperary a 22-year-old old man was killed when the articulated lorry he was driving went out of control and crashed through a barrier just outside Cashel at 8.40am A 12-year-old boy was killed as his bicycle collided with a truck at Melview, three miles from Longford town. The accident happened at 4.30pm.

Just an hour earlier an eight-year-old boy died, when he apparently ran into the path of a lorry. The accident happened at Bohalis on the N5 on the Ballaghaderreen to Charlestown Road.

In Co Monaghan, a 70-year-old woman died when her car was involved in a crash with a lorry at Castleshane, near Monaghan town. In Co Kerry a man died and another was seriously injured in a two car smash on the main Killarney to Tralee Road. The accident happened at 5.40pm. In Co Wexford a 27-year-old was killed in Rocksborough when he lost control of his motorbike and collided with a tree.