Two teenagers die in North road crashes

Two Northern Ireland teenagers died following separate road accidents in Northern Ireland yesterday.

Two Northern Ireland teenagers died following separate road accidents in Northern Ireland yesterday.

A 19-year-old girl died in a collision shortly before 3 a.m. yesterday in  a crash near Banbridge, Co Down.

In the second crash, 15-year-old Christopher McElavney from Co Tyrone died when a car hit a tree in Co Fermanagh. Three other young people who were in the car when it crashed at 4 a.m. yesterday were taken to hospital.

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