12/03/2007

Two die in road traffic incidents

Two men have died following separate road traffic incidents over the weekend.

Damien McGovern, 17, from Drumaran in Letterbreen, near Enniskillen, died following a collision at Sligo Road in Belcoo on Sunday evening.

A 37-year-old man has also died after his lorry crashed in Greenisland, County Antrim early on Monday.

The lorry driver crashed his vehicle on the Shore Road and has been named as Slawomir Slowik from Upper Road, Carrrickfergus.

No other vehicle was involved in the incident.

(JM/SP)

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