Man in his 60s dead following car crash near Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in north Down

Police say it involved a black Hyundai i30 and no other vehicles at 2pm, and happened in the vicinity of the Ulster Folk and Transport museum in the Cultra area.

The Bangor-Belfast road was shut as a result.

Police attended the scene, alongside colleagues from the Ambulance Service, Air Ambulance and fire brigade.

The PSNI said: “A man aged in his 60s, the driver of the Hyundai, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The A2 Bangor to Belfast dual carriageway was closed for a number of hours but has since re-opened.”

An investigation is ongoing and officers would ask anyone with any information, or who may have dash-cam or mobile phone footage available, to get in contact with them at the Collision Investigation Unit in Sprucefield on 101, quoting reference number 994 09/05/24.