Strabane woman Oonagh Burns dies after crash on Victoria Road near Bready

A road safety charity have said more people have died on the roads this year than last after police confirmed that a woman was killed in a crash on the A5 on Sunday.

She was 35-year-old Strabane woman Oonagh Burns died in single vehicle road crash happened near Bready at around 1.30pm.

Davy Jackson of Road Safe NI said that he was "very dismayed" at the fact that 16 people have died thus far this year on our roads.

Mr Jackson said that his charity's services are being called upon "more and more" after a 71 people died on the roads in 2023.

"The sad thing about all these crashes is they don't have to happen", Mr Jackson said, "They're not inevitable. "Over 95% of collisions are caused by people. And if everyone would just take a bit of care, courtesy and consideration on the roads, drive like their lives depend on it, because they do. "You often see people go off on a bit of a rant about other people's driving, but ask yourself do you drive the way you expect everyone else to drive? "So we all can play a part and we all can make a difference."

Ooangh Burns passed away after white Seat Leon she was driving on the Victoria Road it left the carriageway close to the junction with the Grangefoyle Road, police said.

"Sadly, Oonagh was pronounced dead at the scene. Victoria Road was closed for a number of hours following the collision but has now re-opened," police added.

"Our investigation is underway and I would ask anyone who was travelling in the area at the time of the collision to review any dash-cam footage they may have captured and to make contact with the PSNI Collision Investigation Unit at Sprucefield by calling 101, quoting reference number 813 07/04/24. "You can also submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/."

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