Two men killed in separate road collisions

Two men have been killed in separate road traffic incidents this morning

Two men have been killed in separate road traffic incidents this morning. A 20-year-old died when his car went out of control at near Whitegate in Co Clare at 4.30am.

A teenaged male passenger was injured. In east Belfast a male pedestrian died after he was struck by a BMW car on the Upper Newtownards Road just after 8am.

One man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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