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| Bandswoman dies after march crash | |
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| A 30-year-old female member of a flute band has died after being hit by a Range Rover at an Orange parade. | |
| The vehicle, which was part of the parade, crashed into Cahard Flute Band as it left the demonstration field at Killyleagh, County Down, on Monday. | |
| Debbie Jordan, from Saintfield, was airlifted to Musgrave Park Hospital and later transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, but died from her injuries. | |
| A nine-year-old boy sustained a leg injury in the accident. | A nine-year-old boy sustained a leg injury in the accident. |
| Rev Mervyn Gibson, who conducted the service at the County Down demonstration, said: "The main demonstration was over and the districts were leaving the field. | |
| "I would say half the districts had left the field when the parade was stopped and it soon became apparent there had been an accident. | |
| "One of the official cars had crashed into a band and basically that's as much as people know, and we know sadly the outcome." | |
| 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 local community in shock. | |
| "She (Ms Jordan) was from a very respected family within the community and there is a terrible sense of shock," he said. |