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| Co-driver killed in rally crash | |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| The event was cancelled following the crash | |
| A co-driver has died in an accident at the Donegal International Rally. | |
| He was Thomas Maguire, aged in his 30s, from Longwood in County Meath. | |
| The accident happened just after 1500 BST on Saturday when his vehicle went off the road south of Portsalon in the north of the county. | |
| The driver of the vehicle was critically injured and is being treated in hospital. The rest of the event has been cancelled and a memorial service will be held on Sunday morning. | |
| Competitors and club officials will attend the service at the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny at 1100 BST. | |
| The annual rally is in its 38th year and was expected to attract an estimated 70,000 spectators to County Donegal. | |
| This is the first time a competitor has been killed in the rally. In 2008, a spectator was killed and in 2002 two stewards were killed. |