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27/05/2005
Man killed in hijacked car accident named
A man who was travelling in a hijacked car has died following a road traffic collision in south Belfast on Thursday.
The dead man, who has been named as Stephen Martin McDaid, 17, of Salisbury Avenue, north Belfast, was driving the stolen car when it collided with other vehicles, including a taxi, at around 8pm on Thursday.
Two others in the car are reported to be in a critical condition in hospital.
Detectives said the car was hijacked from the Botanic Avenue area 45 minutes earlier and had been used in a till snatch at a filling station in the Newtownabbey area.
Police say they were not chasing the vehicle at the time of the accident, but the ombudsman's office has been informed.
(MB/SP)
The dead man, who has been named as Stephen Martin McDaid, 17, of Salisbury Avenue, north Belfast, was driving the stolen car when it collided with other vehicles, including a taxi, at around 8pm on Thursday.
Two others in the car are reported to be in a critical condition in hospital.
Detectives said the car was hijacked from the Botanic Avenue area 45 minutes earlier and had been used in a till snatch at a filling station in the Newtownabbey area.
Police say they were not chasing the vehicle at the time of the accident, but the ombudsman's office has been informed.
(MB/SP)
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