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| Siblings killed in two-car crash | Siblings killed in two-car crash |
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| A brother and a sister have been killed in a two-car collision in County Londonderry. | A brother and a sister have been killed in a two-car collision in County Londonderry. |
| It happened on the Ballymulligan Road outside Moneymore shortly before 1330 BST on Monday. | It happened on the Ballymulligan Road outside Moneymore shortly before 1330 BST on Monday. |
| It is understood the brother and sister, who were travelling in the same car, were in their late teens/early 20s and from the Loup area. | |
| "I'm so sad that two young lives have been lost on the roads yet again," said SDLP Councillor Mary Baker. | |
| "I express my deepest, deepest sympathies to their family." | "I express my deepest, deepest sympathies to their family." |
| The siblings' deaths bring the number of people killed on Northern Ireland's roads so far this year to 52. | |
| Environment Minister Sammy Wilson appealed for road users to be more careful following the latest double tragedy. | |
| There have been 52 people killed so far this year - that's 52 too many Sammy Wilson | |
| "The deaths this afternoon show how quickly normality can turn to tragedy," he said. | |
| "Road deaths are a continuing scourge on society that we need to make every effort to bring to an end. | |
| "There have been 52 people killed so far this year - that's 52 too many. At the same period last year there were 43 road deaths - that's 43 too many." | |
| Mr Wilson added that 41 of the fatalities so far this year have happened in rural areas. |