Three die in car crash in Co Derry

A second woman has died as a result of a car crash in Co Derry yesterday evening in which a man and another woman also died.

A second woman has died as a result of a car crash in Co Derry yesterday evening in which a man and another woman also died.

The dead women have been named as Mrs Kathleen McStocker, (56), and 20 year-old Mary Bernadette McStocker, both from Toome, Co Antrim.

The women died after the car they were travelling was in collision with another car on the main Belfast to Derry road at Dungiven.

The 83-year-old man who died was driving the other car. The RUC said he was a visitor from London and have appealed for information.

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