Man dies following motorcycle accident in Co Down

A man has died following a road traffic collision on the Ballylough Road outside Castlewellan on Saturday morning.

Police said the man was the rider of a motorcycle that was involved in a collision around 11.30am close to the junction of Ballywillwill Road.

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An investigation is underway and police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision or captured it on their dash cam to contact local officers in Downpatrick or the Collision Investigation Unit on 101, quoting reference 541 23/05/20.

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