28/09/2007

Two Killed On Dublin And Westmeath Roads

Two men have been killed in separate road accidents in Dublin and Westmeath.

A man in his 60s died when the car he was driving left the road near Killucan, Co Westmeath at around 6.30pm.

In Dublin, a motorcyclist in his 40s died when he hit an exit barrier in Corkagh Park in Clondalkin shortly after 6pm.

No other vehicles were involved in either crash.

It brings the road deaths since yesterday evening to a total of four, after two teenagers were killed in a crash in Co Roscommon in the early hours of this morning.

(LC/SP)

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