Drivers killed in head-on crash

Two drivers died in a head-on collision between an articulated truck and a Mercedes van on the main Belfast-Larne road early …

Two drivers died in a head-on collision between an articulated truck and a Mercedes van on the main Belfast-Larne road early yesterday.

The incident occurred at around 4 a.m. on a straight stretch of road between the Ballynure road and Deerpark road in Co Antrim. Both are thought to have died instantly. They were named as Mr Graham Gowdy (38), of Larne, and Mr Norman Strain (37), of Newtownabbey.

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