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Traffic chaos follows m-way death | |
(20 minutes later) | |
There has been traffic chaos across much of Belfast after a fatal accident involving a bus on the M2 motorway. | |
One person died in the accident on the northbound route out of Belfast, just before Greencastle at 1345 GMT. | |
Translink has confirmed the bus involved was the Airport 300 and said no other vehicles were involved. | Translink has confirmed the bus involved was the Airport 300 and said no other vehicles were involved. |
All lanes countrybound are closed from York Street to Greencastle and are likely to remain so during the rush hour period, police say. | |
A Translink spokesperson said the bus driver was "shocked and shaken" by the incident. | A Translink spokesperson said the bus driver was "shocked and shaken" by the incident. |
Traffic is backed up around the city centre | |
Traffic is queued back to the Grosvenor Road on the Westlink and this is causing congestion around Millfield College Avenue and Fisherwick Place. | |
There are queues into the city on Sydenham bypass, which is closed at the M3 and there are queues back to Tillysburn. | |
Traffic is also congested around Bridge End, Short Strand, Newtownards Road to the Middlepath Street onslip as well as into the city centre. |