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Two men killed in weekend crashes | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Two people have died in separate road accidents in Northern Ireland. | |
The front seat passenger of a car died after it hit a bridge on Gillygooley Road, Drumquin, Co Tyrone, just before 0900 BST on Satuday. He was 80. | |
Later, a motorcyclist died following a road crash in Co Down. | |
It happened on the Hillsborough Road in the village of Moira - at the junction of Main Street and Meadow Road - at about 1615 BST. | It happened on the Hillsborough Road in the village of Moira - at the junction of Main Street and Meadow Road - at about 1615 BST. |
The road was closed following the accident, which involved two motorcycles and a van. | The road was closed following the accident, which involved two motorcycles and a van. |
The second motorcyclist is said to be in a serious condition in hospital while the van driver's injuries are not thought to be life threatening. | The second motorcyclist is said to be in a serious condition in hospital while the van driver's injuries are not thought to be life threatening. |
An 80-year-old man has died after a car crash in County Tyrone. | |
He was a front seat passenger in a car which hit a bridge on the Gillygooley Road in Drumquin on Saturday just before 0900. | |
The deaths bring the number of deaths on Northern Ireland's roads to 63 so far this year. Of those 19 were motorcyclists and one pillion passenger. |