Hijack car passengers critically ill after crash

Two men who were injured while travelling in a hijacked car remained in a critical condition in hospital today.

The car was hijacked from Botanic Avenue, close to Belfast city centre, 45 minutes before the crash.

It had been used in a till snatch from a filling station in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast.

The driver, Stephen McDade, 17, from Salisbury Avenue, north Belfast, was killed and two passengers in the car were critically injured in the six-car pile-up, which happened on the Boucher Road at 8pm on Thursday.

A spokeswoman for the Royal Victoria Hospital said both men were still in a critical condition.

Six other people were slightly injured in the accident.

The Boucher Road, an area of car showrooms and retail outlets, was closed for several hours after the collision.