Four Ulster police officers die in crash

Published: Nov. 23, 2008 at 10:07 AM
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Four Northern Ireland police officers were killed when their vehicle went off a road in County Down, officials said Sunday.

The officers were traveling along a shoreline highway linking Warrenpoint and Kilkeel at 4 a.m. Sunday when their four-wheel-drive vehicle crashed, officials told The Times of London.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident and there was no initial evidence of a link to terrorism, the newspaper said, adding police had sealed off the scene of the crash.

"This is a dreadful tragedy," Basil McCrea of the Ulster Unionist Party, told The Times. "And it is a stark reminder of the debt we owe the (Police Service of Northern Ireland) for the work they do for the community."


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