23/04/2002

Police divers recover man's body in quarry

A man’s body has been found in a flooded County Antrim quarry.

Police officers from the underwater search team have recovered the body from a quarry at Ballyeaston near Ballyclare.

The man, who is believed to have been in his 50s, was last seen near the quarry edge.

Detectives in Newtownabbey are appealing for any witnesses to contact them.

Meanwhile in County Tyrone a 26-year-old man has been fatally struck by a lorry.

Mark Steven Robinson, from Skelgagh Road, Clogher died after being hit by a lorry just after 11pm on Monday April 22.

The accident happened as he was walking along the Annaghilla Road towards Ballygawley.

(AMcE)

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