06/04/2007

18-year-old dies in road traffic crash

A teenager has died following a road traffic collision in County Tyrone.

The 18-year-old was driving a Mitsubishi Shogun car which collided with a gas tanker lorry on the A4 on a stretch of road between Dungannon and Ballygawley.

The driver is currently being treated in hospital for shock.

Detectives in Dungannon are appealing to any witnesses who were travelling on the A4 at around 6.15am on Friday morning when the accident occurred to contact them.

Police can be contacted at Dungannon on: 0845 600 8000 or alternatively on the confidential Crimestoppers line on: 0800 555 111.

(JM/KMcA)

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