Four die in Northern Ireland crashes

Four people, including a teenager and an eight-year-old girl, were killed in a string of separate crashes on Northern Ireland…

Four people, including a teenager and an eight-year-old girl, were killed in a string of separate crashes on Northern Ireland's roads yesterday.

A 14-year-old girl was knocked down while walking along Finaghy Road South in Belfast early yesterday morning. A man was arrested in connection with her death. The girl was later named by police as Adele Whiteside, from the Finaghy area, who was a student at Dunmurry High School.

At around 10.45am, Adam Armstrong (78), was killed in a two-vehicle crash at Kesh, Co Fermanagh. His wife was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Police in Enniskillen are appealing for witnesses.

An eight-year-old girl was killed and three other people injured yesterday afternoon in a crash near Coleraine, Co Derry. The girl's mother remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

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A 20-year-old woman and a two-year-old toddler are also being treated, but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, police said.

A 60-year-old man died last night after a crash between a car and a motorbike at Ballymoney, on the main Belfast to Coleraine Road.