CRASHES LEAD TO SLOW DOWN PLEA.Byline: By VICTORIA McMAHON SDLP SDLP (in Northern Ireland) Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP (Brit) n abbr (Pol) (= Social Democratic and Labour Party) → sozialdemokratische Partei in Nordirland councillors yesterday urged motorists to slow down and drive with care over the festive period after a weekend of crashes. A man was in hospital last night after a suspected drunk-driver is alleged to have caused a three-car smash. A further four people - two men, a woman and a teenage girl - were also taken to hospital in the pile-up which occurred near the entrance to Derry City Derry City can refer to:
In a separate crash a suspected joyrider joyrider n → persona que se da una vuelta en un coche robado joyrider joy n → voleur/euse de voiture (qui fait une virée dans le véhicule volé) suffered head and spinal injuries after the vehicle he was travelling in ploughed into a taxi injuring four people on the Belfast Road at Lambeg South, Co Down. SDLP councillor for Lisburn Brian Heading said: "Both the police and community should be more vigilant as this type of crime will become more prominent over the Christmas period." Elsewhere, three vehicles crashed at the junction of the Clooney and Ballygudden Roads at around 12.05am yesterday. SDLP councillor Jim McKeever said: "I would be appealing for people to slow down and take care especially with more traffic on the roads in the lead-up to Christmas." |
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