Two people were in a critical condition in a Belfast hospital today following a six-car pile-up in which the driver of a hijacked car was killed.
The pair were understood to have been passengers in the stolen car involved in the crash on the Boucher Road in south Belfast.
Six other people suffered less serious injuries. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said they were not chasing the stolen car at the time of the accident.
Nevertheless, the Police Ombudsman has been informed and is to carry out an investigation. The car was hijacked from Botanic Avenue, close to the centre of the city, 45 minutes before the crash and and been used in a till snatch from a filling station in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast.
The Boucher Road, an area of car showrooms and retail outlets, was closed for several hours after the collision. The man who died, and those injured in the stolen vehicle, are understood to be in their late teens or early 20s.
PA