Two teenagers killed in motorbike crash

Two teenage boys have been killed in a road accident in Co Antrim, bringing the death toll on Northern Ireland's roads this year…

Two teenage boys have been killed in a road accident in Co Antrim, bringing the death toll on Northern Ireland's roads this year to 11, police said today.

The 13 and 17-year-old youths were travelling on a motorbike which struck a car on the Glenravel Road in Cargan village, just outside Ballymena.

The driver of the car, a Ford Fiesta, suffered shock.

Police said the incident happened just after 9 p.m. last night when the driver of the Fiesta was turning into a service station on the main Ballymena to Cushendall road.

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The two young men were taken to the Antrim Area Hospital after the collision where they were pronounced dead.

PA