Two Men Killed In Cork Collision

Two men have died and five others injured during a major collision in Co Cork yesterday.

The crash, which involved three-cars, happened at Carr's Hill on the main road between Cork city and Carrigaline at around 6.30am.

The two men, who were both traveling in the same car were pronounced dead at the scene.

The remaining three occupants of the car - one female and two males - were taken to Cork University Hospital.

The single occupants of the other two cars were also taken to Cork University Hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

The road is closed and diversions are in place.

It is the second fatal road collision in the area in the past two days and the third incident this weekend.

Yesterday, Timmy Hayes, 21, from Ash Road, Fota Rock, Carrigtwohill, died in a road crash at Waterpark, Carrigaline at around 5.30am.

Four other people in the car were injured and taken to hospital.

Meanwhile, Gardai are investigating a fatal road traffic collision at Derrainy, Whitegate, County Clare, which occurred at 9.20pm on Sunday.

A man in his 30s was fatally injured when the car he was driving crashed into a tree. The man, who was the only occupant of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no other vehicle involved in the crash.

The road at the scene was closed pending an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.

In the North, two children have been left without their father after he died when his car crashed on a country road through the Sperrin Mountains yesterday morning.

The victim, who was named locally last night as Aidan O'Driscoll, 34 from Kildress in Co Tyrone, was killed after the single-vehicle crash on the Sixtowns road near Draperstown in Co Londonderry at 11.30am.

A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital where his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening and four other men, aged between 19 and 28, were treated at the scene for minor injuries and shock.

(DW/BMcC)