Truck driver dies after crashing into ditch

A truck driver was killed when he crashed into a ditch in Co Cavan yesterday.

A truck driver was killed when he crashed into a ditch in Co Cavan yesterday.

Gardaí in Cavan are appealing for witnesses to the accident at Drummora, Crossdoney.

The articulated lorry hit a ditch on the R199 Crossdoney to Killeshandra road at about 9.20am.

The driver, a man in his late 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A Garda spokesman said the road was closed and traffic diversions were put in place as investigators examined the scene.

Meanwhile, two young men were killed in separate road incidents in the North over the weekend.

Neil Graham (23), from Dromore, Co Down, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Lisburn on Friday evening.

Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man, who has yet to be named, was killed early on Saturday morning in a car crash in Armagh.