BAKER CALLS DOUBLE ROAD DEATH ‘TERRIBLE TRAGEDY’

SDLP Councillor Mary Baker has expressed her remorse at the loss of two young lives on the Ballymulligan Road near Moneymore on Tuesday.Ms Baker is a neighbour of the deceased and knew them since they were children.She said: “This is just a horrific accident and I’m so sad that two young lives have been lost on the roads yet again.“They were so full of life, just like everyone at that age and full of personality. It’s a terribly sad loss, just the worst kind possible. It’s hard to express in words just how awful this is.“I express my deepest, deepest sympathies to their family, and their large extended family.”