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24/07/2008
Road Accident Claims 100-Year-Old
A road accident has killed a 100-year-old man in Belfast.
The victim - named as Grainger McIldoon - died in hospital on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred on Tuesday when a vehicle was in collision with Mr McIldoon outside a care home on Tennent Street.
A police spokesperson appealed for witnesses to come forward with information.
Meanwhile, four people have been injured following an overnight road accident near Draperstown.
A car was in collision with a quad bike on the Droon Road on Wednesday evening.
A police spokesperson confirmed four people have been injured following the incident and were taken to hospital. One is said to be in a serious condition.
Police in Magherafelt are appealing for witnesses to come forward with information.
A total of 60 people have died on Northern Ireland's roads so far this year.
Meanwhile, Irish police in Listowel, Co. Kerry are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision which occurred at 2am this morning.
The Gardaí said that a car with three male occupants lost control and collided with a ditch at Bunghara and that two of the occupants were taken to Kerry General Hospital, Tralee where the 18 year-old male backseat passenger was pronounced dead.
(BMcC)
The victim - named as Grainger McIldoon - died in hospital on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred on Tuesday when a vehicle was in collision with Mr McIldoon outside a care home on Tennent Street.
A police spokesperson appealed for witnesses to come forward with information.
Meanwhile, four people have been injured following an overnight road accident near Draperstown.
A car was in collision with a quad bike on the Droon Road on Wednesday evening.
A police spokesperson confirmed four people have been injured following the incident and were taken to hospital. One is said to be in a serious condition.
Police in Magherafelt are appealing for witnesses to come forward with information.
A total of 60 people have died on Northern Ireland's roads so far this year.
Meanwhile, Irish police in Listowel, Co. Kerry are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision which occurred at 2am this morning.
The Gardaí said that a car with three male occupants lost control and collided with a ditch at Bunghara and that two of the occupants were taken to Kerry General Hospital, Tralee where the 18 year-old male backseat passenger was pronounced dead.
(BMcC)
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