Teenager struck by train in Co Antrim

A male teenager is seriously ill in hospital after being struck by a train on the Dublin to Belfast line in Co Antrim.

A male teenager is seriously ill in hospital after being struck by a train on the Dublin to Belfast line in Co Antrim.

A spokesman for Translink which operates the service said it was thought the 19-year-old was crossing the track at Knockmore near Lisburn when the incident happened last night.

It is understood the Police Service of Northern Ireland wants to talk to two men who were on the Belfast bound platform.

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