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| Teenager killed in road accident | Teenager killed in road accident |
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| A young man has died in an early morning road accident in County Down, the police have said. | |
| Stephen Markey, 18, was hit by a car on Warrenpoint Road in Newry at about 0320 BST on Saturday. | |
| The road between Greenbank and the Old Warrenpoint Road was closed for several hours for forensic examination but has since re-opened. | |
| Police have appealed for anyone who was travelling in the area and witnessed the accident to get in touch. | Police have appealed for anyone who was travelling in the area and witnessed the accident to get in touch. |
| SDLP assembly member PJ Bradley knows the family and said it was a "tragedy". | |
| "This appears to a really tragic incident which has seen a young man lose his life at such an early age," he said. | |
| "My sympathies go out to his family at this particularly distressing time. I know Stephen's parents and grandparents and they are no doubt distraught at the minute." |