- Young girl was killed when the beach buggy collided with a black Toyota Hilux
- Girl, 12, was a passenger in the vehicle and was travelling with a 14-year-old girl
- Tragic collision took place on single-track road in Newry, 34 miles from Belfast
A 12-year-old girl has died after the beach buggy she was in collided with a car in Newry.
Police said the child and a 14-year-old girl were travelling in the buggy when it collided with a black Toyota Hilux on the Flagstaff Road in the town at around 2.50pm on Saturday.
PSNI Inspector Kieran Quinn said the 12-year-old girl, who was a passenger in the buggy, died as a result of injuries she sustained.
He said: ‘The 14-year-old girl sustained a broken leg and remains in hospital.
The 12-year-old girl was a passenger in the beach buggy that was being driven along Flagstaff Road in Newry, Northern Ireland, when it collided with a black Toyota Hilux
‘The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.’
Mr Quinn appealed ‘to anyone who may have been in the Flagstaff Road area at the time and witnessed the collision to contact local officers in Newry or the Collision Investigation Unit on 101 quoting reference 772 18/11/17.’