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15/05/2003
Man and child die in separate road accidents
A man and child have died in separate road accidents yesterday.
The man died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a lorry on the Tandragee Road, Newry.
The motorcyclist, who was riding a Honda motorcycle, suffered serious injuries in the collision, which occurred around 7.30pm.
Meanwhile, the child died after being knocked down by a van near the Stewartstown Road in Coalisland at around lunchtime yesterday.
Police said that the four-year-old boy was struck by a Toyota Hi-ace van around 1.30pm at an area know as The Glen on the Stewartstown Road.
The driver of the van was also taken to hospital where he was treated for shock.
Neither victims names have been released.
(MB)
The man died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a lorry on the Tandragee Road, Newry.
The motorcyclist, who was riding a Honda motorcycle, suffered serious injuries in the collision, which occurred around 7.30pm.
Meanwhile, the child died after being knocked down by a van near the Stewartstown Road in Coalisland at around lunchtime yesterday.
Police said that the four-year-old boy was struck by a Toyota Hi-ace van around 1.30pm at an area know as The Glen on the Stewartstown Road.
The driver of the van was also taken to hospital where he was treated for shock.
Neither victims names have been released.
(MB)
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