27/08/2007

Man Killed In Car Accident

A man has been killed after being hit by a car at approximately 5am this morning near Dunmurry.

Twenty-one-year-old Gerard Kane from the Colin Glen area in west Belfast was knocked down by a car on the Colin Glen Road.

A PSNI spokesperson confirmed a man has been arrested and is being held for questioning.

He is believed to have handed himself in to police.

(CD/KMcA)

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