Q Radio News
Local residents and their representatives are calling for new road safety measures after a young motorcyclist was killed in a weekend crash outside Banbridge.
A man in his 20s died when his bike left the Castlewellan Road just before 10am on Sunday morning.
Elaine Snowden lives a short distance from the crash scene.
She says she feels for the victim's family and hopes it's the last tragedy in the area...
Another motorcycling tragedy...@PoliceServiceNI says man in 20s has died following crash on Castlewellan Road outside Banbridge earlier today. Local residents express condolences to family and call for road safety measures. More on air am. @CllrGlennBarr @abcb_council @PSNIABC pic.twitter.com/j4b4e7eZEX
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) July 8, 2018
Ulster Unionist Party councillor Glenn Barr has also been speaking with Q Radio...
Young motorcyclist dies outside Banbridge. @abcb_council @CllrGlennBarr says he's been lobbying for improvements on "extremely dangerous" Castlewellan Road for years. More on air at 7 and https://t.co/boX2EdCtC7 pic.twitter.com/omfvSdbWX9
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) July 9, 2018
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