The scene in North Belfast following the death of local schoolboy Conor O’Neill,
A hard-hitting video showing an entire class of primary school children being killed by a speeding driver has got its first screening in Derry.
The video, which cannot be shown before the 9.00pm watershed because its shocking content, has been produced as part of a Department of the Environment (DoE) road safety campaign.
It was launched by the Environment Minister Mark H Durkan and viewed by local teenagers at Brunswick Superbowl.
Twenty-eight children have been killed on the North’s roads since 2000 – equivalent of an entire class of children.
The video was originally set to be premiered on television last night but was delayed out of respect to the family of Conor O’Neill, the five-year-old boy who died on Wednesday after being struck by a car in North Belfast.
It is now scheduled to be screened on television on Monday next.
The advertisement is now set to be shown on television here on Monday.
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