Student dies in parachute fall

A Queen's University student, Andrew Hegarty (20), from Glengormley, in north Belfast, has died in a parachute accident

A Queen's University student, Andrew Hegarty (20), from Glengormley, in north Belfast, has died in a parachute accident. He fell 4,000 feet to his death over Garvagh, Co Derry, on Sunday.

The British Parachute Association has begun an inquiry into his death.

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