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Woman dies in parade car accident | Woman dies in parade car accident |
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A 30-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car leaving an Orange parade in Killyleagh, County Down. | A 30-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car leaving an Orange parade in Killyleagh, County Down. |
Thousands of Orangemen and women marched across Northern Ireland at parades marking King William III's 1690 victory at the Battle of the Boyne. | Thousands of Orangemen and women marched across Northern Ireland at parades marking King William III's 1690 victory at the Battle of the Boyne. |
The woman, a member of a flute band playing in the parade, was hit by a parade vehicle. | The woman, a member of a flute band playing in the parade, was hit by a parade vehicle. |
A nine-year-old boy sustained a leg injury in the accident. | A nine-year-old boy sustained a leg injury in the accident. |
William Dick, chairman of Down District Council, and a member of the lodge the band was attached to said the "freak accident", had left the community in shock. | William Dick, chairman of Down District Council, and a member of the lodge the band was attached to said the "freak accident", had left the community in shock. |
"She was from a very respected family within the community and there is a terrible sense of shock," he said. | "She was from a very respected family within the community and there is a terrible sense of shock," he said. |