Three men killed on North's roads

Three men have been killed in crashes on Northern Ireland's roads in  less than 24 hours.

Three men have been killed in crashes on Northern Ireland's roads in  less than 24 hours.

A 56-year-old pedestrian was killed late last night when he was struck by a car in Lurgan, Co Armagh.

The man was walking along Chestnut Grove, close to its junction with the Ballynamony Road, when he was knocked down. Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.

Earlier, two men died when two lorries collided on the A5 Omagh to Newtownstewart Road in Co Tyrone.

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The victims were named by police as Shane Caldwell (20), from Strabane, and Zoltan Szado (26), who had been living in Sion Mills, Co Tyrone.

Mr Caldwell was the driver of one lorry and Mr Szado a passenger in the other.

The driver of that vehicle was seriously injured and is being treated in the Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

PSNI Inspector Roy Robinson appealed for caution on the roads over the Easter holiday. "My appeal would be for this Easter period for people to be careful on the road, to make sure they wear their seatbelts and drive carefully on the road."