The latest fatalities mean that the number of people killed on the roads so far this year has already exceeded the total for the whole of last year. The two men died on Saturday in separate accidents in County Armagh. He was Joseph Agnew from the Tandragee Road in Jerretspass. Four other people, three men and a woman, were taken to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. The latest deaths bring the number of people who have been killed on the roads in Northern Ireland so far this year to 142 - one more than for the whole of last year.
Modern cars are so comfortable, so quiet and smooth.
Even with air bags, and seat belts and side impact beams and all these things, people must realise that if you hit something solid like a tree or a pole or a wall at 50 or 60mph the occupants are very unlikely to survive. It happened in the Parkway area of Ballymena about 2000 GMT on Saturday. Hatred amid the hope Sainsbury's trumpets continued revival Links to more Northern Ireland stories are at the foot of the page.