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21/02/2002
Police launch investigation into fatal M2 lorry crash
The police have begun an investigation to try to find the cause of a fatal motorway crash in Country Antrim.
Patrick Joseph Flynn, 50, from Mallow in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland, was killed and seven other people were injured in the accident on the M2 motorway near Templepatrick after a lorry went out of control.
The motorway was closed for several hours after the crash which happened shortly before 7pm on Wednesday February 20.
One man remains seriously ill in hospital, following the accident which involved a lorry and two cars.
The lorry, which was travelling towards Antrim on the motorway, jack-knifed and crossed the central reservation, landing in the path of oncoming traffic. Two cars travelling towards Belfast on the opposite carriageway were damaged. One was struck by the lorry and the other was hit by debris.
The fatally injured man died at the scene.
Four of those injured were treated at Antrim Area Hospital and then discharged.
Three others including a child were taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. (AMcE)
Patrick Joseph Flynn, 50, from Mallow in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland, was killed and seven other people were injured in the accident on the M2 motorway near Templepatrick after a lorry went out of control.
The motorway was closed for several hours after the crash which happened shortly before 7pm on Wednesday February 20.
One man remains seriously ill in hospital, following the accident which involved a lorry and two cars.
The lorry, which was travelling towards Antrim on the motorway, jack-knifed and crossed the central reservation, landing in the path of oncoming traffic. Two cars travelling towards Belfast on the opposite carriageway were damaged. One was struck by the lorry and the other was hit by debris.
The fatally injured man died at the scene.
Four of those injured were treated at Antrim Area Hospital and then discharged.
Three others including a child were taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. (AMcE)
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