MAN HELD AS BOY, 9, KILLED 'HIT & RUN'

TRIBUTES FOR RONAN AS RALLY DRIVER, BIKER & PEDESTRIAN ALSO DIE. FOUR LIVES LOST ON ROADS

-  MICHAEL O'TOOLE

A NINE-year-old boy who was struck by a car in an alleged hit-and-run was one of four people to lose their lives in a weekend of carnage on the roads.

Gardai were last night quizzing a suspect, in his 20s, after Ronan Wilson died near Bundoran, Co Donegal.

Meanwhile, co-driver Damien Fleming lost his life at Clare Rally yesterday.

And a pedestrian in Kerry and a motorcyclist in Dublin were also killed in separate accidents.

4 LIVES WIPED OUT

Ronan, 9, killed in hit-and-run' on family break to seaside town

Co-driver at rally biker & man on night out all lose their lives

FOUR people lost their lives on our roads over the weekend including a nine-year-old boy killed in an alleged hit-and-run.

Ronan Wilson was on a break with this family in Bundoran, Co Donegal, when he was struck by a car on Saturday night.

Gardai are also investigating separate accidents that cost the lives of three men - and brought the number of fatalities this year to 148.

In Co Clare, Damien Fleming was involved in a collision while taking part in the Clare Rally yesterday afternoon.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, Daniel Houlihan died when he was struck by a vehicle in his native Lisstleton in Co Kerry at around 2am.

And 45 minutes later Moroccan national Mohammed Morsi, 21, died in a motorbike accident in Tallaght, South Dublin.

Officers in Donegal were last night quizzing a suspect over the death of little Ronan.

The man was arrested yesterday afternoon, almost 24 hours after the boy was struck by a car on the Wild Atlantic Way route.