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Six die in carnage on NI roads | |
(about 15 hours later) | |
Six people have died in a weekend of carnage in Northern Ireland's roads. | |
Karl McAuley, 17, a talented GAA player died after the car he was driving crashed at Tobermore Road, Draperstown, County Londonderry, on Saturday. | |
Earlier, a mother and her daughter were killed in an accident on the Culmore Road, Derry, at 0920 GMT. | |
A man and a woman were killed at Frosses Road near Ballymena. In Newscastle, Niall McGowan, 19, from Castlewellan died on Friday night. | |
The deaths bring the number of people killed on Northern Ireland's roads this year to a total of 97. | |
Several people were taken to hospital after the Newcastle accident. | |
The woman who died near Ballymena just before 0200 GMT on Saturday was Marjorie Kerr, 48, from Ballymoney. | |
The name of the 45-year-old man who died in the same accident has not been released yet. Another man suffered serious injuries. | |
Two people died in an accident at Frosses Road near Ballymena | |
The two women killed in a car crash in Derry on Saturday morning were Bernie McElhinney, 57, and her daughter, Lisa Marie, who was 31 years old. | |
Bernie McElhinney is well known for her work with the Weight Watchers organisation. | |
The pair died when their car was in collision with another vehicle on the Culmore Road on Saturday morning. Another person was injured. | |
Sunday's Ulster Hurling Minor Championship Final was cancelled as a mark of respect to Karl McAuley. He played for Ballinascreen, where the hurling final was to be played. | |
Former Derry County captain Tony Scullion, who had coached the teenager, said he had "great talent". | Former Derry County captain Tony Scullion, who had coached the teenager, said he had "great talent". |
"He had everything that you need in a young sportsman, and was a lad who had a great future ahead of him," he said. | |