Two dead in North traffic accidents

Overnight traffic accidents in the North have left two men dead and one suffering serious injuries.

Overnight traffic accidents in the North have left two men dead and one suffering serious injuries.

The PSNI have appealed for information in what they believe to have been a hit-and-run incident in Ballymena after a  man's body was discovered at 4am near a bar on the Crankhill dual carriageway .

In a separate incident in Downpatrick, a man was killed when his car hit a wall on the Ballynoe Road around 1am.

Meanwhile a 30-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital suffering from a serious head injury after a road collision outside Lurgan.

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It is believed the man came off his red Honda and struck a traffic island on the Belfast road at 6.30am.

Police said he was travelling from Lurgan to Moira and have appealed for witnesses.