20/06/2005
Motorcyclist dies at scene of accident
A motorcyclist is reported to have died at the scene of a road traffic accident near Newcastle in County Down this morning.
The motocyclist was involved in a collision with a coach carrying around 20 children to school in Ballynahinch.
It is understood that neither the bus driver nor the children were injured in the crash. The motorcyclist has not yet been named.
The road was closed this morning and police diversions were in place on the Dundrum Road in Newcastle while the scene was being investigated.
(SP)
The motocyclist was involved in a collision with a coach carrying around 20 children to school in Ballynahinch.
It is understood that neither the bus driver nor the children were injured in the crash. The motorcyclist has not yet been named.
The road was closed this morning and police diversions were in place on the Dundrum Road in Newcastle while the scene was being investigated.
(SP)
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