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| Five killed in weekend accidents | Five killed in weekend accidents |
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| Five people have been killed on Northern Ireland's roads within the space of 24 hours. | Five people have been killed on Northern Ireland's roads within the space of 24 hours. |
| Niall Gerard McGeown, 19 from Castlewellan, died following a crash near Newcastle, County Down, on Friday night. Several people are in hospital. | |
| A man and a woman died in a crash on the Frosses Road outside Ballymena, County Antrim, just before 0200 GMT. | A man and a woman died in a crash on the Frosses Road outside Ballymena, County Antrim, just before 0200 GMT. |
| In Londonderry, two women, aged 31 and 57, were killed in a crash on the Culmore Road at about 0920 GMT. | |
| Another person has been taken to hospital suffering from shock. | Another person has been taken to hospital suffering from shock. |
| Roads minister Arlene Foster said the five deaths were "a shocking total for one night". | |
| "Unfortunately with road deaths this is what happens - one bad night and the total will be horrendous," she said. | |
| "I'm sure it'll be no comfort to the community that we have been having a relatively good spell." | |
| The Ballymena victims were a 45-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman. Another man is seriously ill in hospital, however, his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. | |
| The police are appealing for witnesses to any of the accidents to come forward. |