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Man dies following road collision on A1 outside Newry

A1 Collision

A man in his 20s has died following a road traffic collision outside Newry.

Police believe the single-vehicle collision occurred on the Dublin Road, Cloghoge late on Tuesday, October 18.

The incident wasn’t discovered until earlier today (Wednesday).

Detective Sergeant Harrison said: “We would like to hear from anyone who was travelling in the Dublin Road / A1 area on Tuesday 18th October 2022 between 9pm and 11pm, as we investigate the circumstances of this collision.

“We are appealing to anyone who may have seen the silver Ford Focus, witnessed the collision or captured it on their dash-cam to contact officers in the Collision Investigation Unit on 101, quoting reference 546 of 19/10/22.”

It is the second tragedy to happen on our local roads in little over 48 hours.

On Monday morning, well-known All Folk’d Up band member Barry Mohan died as a result of a collision on the Monaghan Road in Middletown.

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