Ireland's Road Deaths Rise, Easter Operation Yields Harsh Numbers

0:00On April 7th, Ireland's roads claimed another life over the bank holiday weekend, pushing the weekend death toll to 3 and the yearly total to 45-6 more than last year at this point. The most recent crash hit Monday 9, around 10-15pm on the N-53 near Rasan and Dundak County Louth, where a man and his late. Sixties died in a two-car smash. A woman in her 20s from the other vehicle got non-life threatening injuries and headed to hospital. Meanwhile, a man in his 50s lost his life in a single car wreck in County Cork on Sunday afternoon around 12-50pm. Over in Dublin, a woman in her 40s suffered serious injuries after a bus struck her and tearing her yesterday morning just after 10am. Garda are calling for witnesses on a couple earlier incidents, too. A woman in her 80s hit by a bus in Black Rock on March 25th, who passed. Away Friday and a man in his 30s from a solo crash on the R-392 in Bali, Mahan on March 29th, also dying Friday.

1:02In the first four days of their Easter Road's operation, officers nabbed 138 drivers under the influence, caught over 3,000 speeding, including wild ones like Hannah for 38 kilometers per hour in a 50 zone, and ticketed more than 310 for. Phones or no seatbelts. These numbers hit hard, reminding us to drive smart and stay alive out there.