26/01/2004

Two men killed in road crash

The two men who were killed in this morning's road crash in Mallusk have been named by police as Gary Black, 22, and David Anderson, 18.

Both were from Alliance Avenue in north Belfast.

A third man, seriously injured when their vehicle left the road, is in a critical condition in hospital.

The accident occurred at 4.15am this morning when the car travelling along Trench Road near to the Hyde Park Road junction left the road plunged over a steep embankment and struck the gable wall of an industrial building some 20 feet above ground level.

No other vehicle was involved in the accident.

The road which has since reopened, remained closed this morning with diversions in place as police investigated the scene.

(SP)

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