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| Down Rally, Castlewellan, cancelled due to incident | Down Rally, Castlewellan, cancelled due to incident |
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| A car rally in County Down has been cancelled due to an incident. | A car rally in County Down has been cancelled due to an incident. |
| One person was taken to hospital after a car went into the water during the Down Rally near Castlewellan. | |
| The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said that person was not seriously injured. | |
| The emergency services and police divers remain at the scene of the incident at Lackan Road, which is beside Lough Island Reavy reservoir. | |
| In a statement, the rally organisers said the event had been cancelled at the first service halt. | 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. | "The incident on stage one is still being investigated," the statement on its website said. |
| "A further statement will be made in due course." | "A further statement will be made in due course." |
| The rally began just before 10:00 BST on Saturday from the centre of Castlewellan. | 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 Lough Island Reavy and were due to go to Katesbridge before returning to Castlewellan Forest Park for service. |