Woman (20) killed in Co Down crash

A 20-year-old woman has died in a road crash in Northern Ireland.

A 20-year-old woman has died in a road crash in Northern Ireland.

She was named today as Patrice Martine Gorman from Newry.

A PSNI spokeswoman said the woman's Ford Fiesta car hit a telegraph pole at around 6pm yesterday on the A1 dual carriageway near Dromore, Co Down.

No other vehicle was involved.

Police in Banbridge are appealing for witnesses.

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