"Boy racer" endangered lives of Clady residents

Sinn Fein Cllr Gerard Foley says that the normal tranquillity of life in Clady (Co Tyrone) was shattered when a young motorist decided that he would turn the narrow streets of the village into his own personal rally circuit on Sunday afternoon last- a completely reckless action which Cllr Foley says almost ended in tragedy when “this boy racer” lost control of the car and as hit a bank at the junction of the Urney/Bellspark Road.

Cllr Foley said,
“People in the area are still in a state of shock about the death of a local woman in the tragic accident on the Urney Road. Given what has happened local people are enraged that this so called boy racer could not only be so insensitive in the extreme, but was so reckless to not only endanger himself but any unfortunate pedestrian who happened to be in his path as he turned the narrow streets of the village into his own personal rally track. His car eventually hit the bank verge at the junction of Urney/Bellspark Road but it just by sheer luck that no one was killed or injured in the incident.

“People in the village have to continually contend with the safety hazards presented by heavy duty vehicles taking a shortcut through the small streets of the town which are totally unsuited to this type of traffic and the last thing we need is incidents like Sundays.

“Roads Service needs to come to its senses about the urgent need for traffic calming measures in the village and I am not prepared to let this matter rest no matter how many times it refuses to exceed to this demand from the local community.”