Girl (6) dies following Northern Ireland car crash

Fatal three-vehicle collision occurred on the Hilltown Road in Newry on Saturday

A 6-year-old girl has died following a road traffic collision in Newry, Co Down. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
A 6-year-old girl has died following a road traffic collision in Newry, Co Down. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

A 6-year-old girl has died following a road traffic collision in Newry, Co Down.

The incident occurred on the Hilltown Road at about 9.55am on Saturday morning, when a Volkswagen car collided with a Seat car and a tractor.

The girl was a passenger in the Volkswagen car.

Two women, aged 24 and 42, were taken to hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries following the incident.

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The PSNI is appealing to anyone who has any information on the crash to contact local police in Newry or the Collision Investigation Unit on the non-emergency number 101.