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15/06/2001
THREE DIE IN ROAD CRASH TRAGEDY
THREE people have been killed in a road crash on the main Dungiven to Londonderry road.
The crash, which took place on the Foreglen Road at around 8pm on Thursday June 15, involved a head-on collision between the two cars.
Two of the dead were a mother and daughter travelling in one of the cars. The third person who died is understood to be a man in his eighties who was driving the other car.
The dead women have been named as 56-year-old Kathleen McStocker and her 20-year-old daughter Mary Bernadette McStocker from Toomebridge. The dead man who has not yet been named is believed to be from London.
There have been a number of serious accidents along the road, and local councillors have called for the busy stretch of road to be upgraded to a dual carriageway or for other improvements in road safety to be considered.
Limavady police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them. (SP)
The crash, which took place on the Foreglen Road at around 8pm on Thursday June 15, involved a head-on collision between the two cars.
Two of the dead were a mother and daughter travelling in one of the cars. The third person who died is understood to be a man in his eighties who was driving the other car.
The dead women have been named as 56-year-old Kathleen McStocker and her 20-year-old daughter Mary Bernadette McStocker from Toomebridge. The dead man who has not yet been named is believed to be from London.
There have been a number of serious accidents along the road, and local councillors have called for the busy stretch of road to be upgraded to a dual carriageway or for other improvements in road safety to be considered.
Limavady police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them. (SP)
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