Man in his 80s dies in collision in Antrim

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by Gráinne Connolly

A pensioner has died following a one vehicle road traffic collision in Ballyclare.

It's understood the man in his eighties was driving a brown coloured Vauxhall Meriva, when it collided with a wall at around 11am on Friday morning on the Ballynure Road. 

The victim, who is from the Ballyclare area, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

A post mortem examination will be carried out to determine if the man died as a result of his injuries sustained in the collision or of natural causes. 

Chief Inspector Stephen Humphries has appealed to anyone who was driving on the Ballynure Road this morning and witnessed the collision, has dash-cam footage or who noticed the car being driven in the area to contact officers at Newtownabbey on 101 quoting reference number 580 26/07/19.

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