A retired couple returning from a dance and a teenager on his way home from a Christian rally were killed in a road crash in Northern Ireland today.
Peter and Kathleen Toner, aged 78 and 67, from Pomeroy, Co Tyrone and 19-year-old Joel Marshall from Omagh died when the cars they were passengers in collided near Cookstown shortly before 1am.
Four other people were injured in the collision involving a Ford Focus and Citroen Picasso on the Drum Road. Firefighters had to use hydraulic equipment to free the dead and injured from the wreckage.
The fatalities take to 38 the number of people who have lost their lives on the roads in Northern Ireland so far this year.
The Toners were making their way home with another couple after spending the evening at an old time dance in the Broughderg Community Centre.
Mr Marshall was in the car with two male friends after attending a youth rally at a Free Presbyterian church in Randalstown, Co Antrim.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash to come forward.