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Down Rally, Castlewellan, cancelled due to incident | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A car rally in County Down has been cancelled due to an incident. | |
There have been reports of an accident at the first stage of the Down Rally near Castlewellan. | |
The emergency services are at the scene. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said that a person had been taken to hospital after a car went into water during the rally. | |
In a statement, the rally organisers said the event had been cancelled at the first service halt. | |
"The incident on stage one is still being investigated," the statement on its website said. | |
"A further statement will be made in due course." | |
The rally began just before 10:00 BST on Saturday from the centre of Castlewellan. | |
About 70 crews headed the short distance to the first test at Loughisland Reavy and were due to go to Katesbridge before returning to Castlewellan Forest Park for service. |