Two killed as lorries collide

Two men killed when their lorries collided in Co Antrim were named by police tonight.

They were Graham Gowdy, 38, of Hawthorn Grove, Larne, and Norman Strain, 37, of Glenview Drive, Newtownabbey, both Co Antrim.

The accident happened early today on the main Belfast-Larne Road at Ballynure.

Firemen had to use cutting equipment to free the bodies of the two victims.

Their deaths brought to 64 the number of people killed on Northern Ireland’s roads this year.