County Derry Post

A young woman had a miracle escape yesterday after her car crashed near Draperstown.

The woman, who comes from the Draperstown area,  was involved in a terrifying accident yards from the spot where teenager Karl McAuley died in a car crash just over two weeks ago.

The woman, who is believed to be in her 20s, was cut from the wreck of her silver Rover 220 by fire fighters after it left the road and landed on its roof as she travelled along the Draperstown to Tobermore road yesterday morning.

The injured woman was taken to Antrim Area Hospital where her condition was described as comfortable last night.

Independent Sinn Fein councillor Patsy Groogan said he is deeply concerned by the latest accident on the killer stretch of road.

“This is the third accident on this road in just over two weeks so the Road Service need to look into this as a matter of urgency.”

 A spokesperson for the DRD Road Service said: “At this stage the PSNI investigations into the accidents are still ongoing but as yet they have brought nothing to Roads Service’s attention that would suggest road factors contributed to either accident.”