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Man, 93, dies after being hit by car

News imageFAMILY PHOTO Patsy Brady, an elderly man with grey hair and glasses, standing outside a brown wooden front door. He is wearing a grey shirt under a patterned grey jumper.FAMILY PHOTO
Patsy Brady, who was 93, died at the scene on the Newry Road, Rathfriland

A 93-year-old pedestrian has died after he was hit by a car in Rathfriland, County Down.

Patrick Joseph Brady died at the scene of the collision which happened on the Newry Road at about 22:45 GMT on Saturday.

Mr Brady, who was known as Patsy, was from the Barnmeen area.

Police said they do not believe the driver, who was in a silver Toyota Avensis, has sustained any serious injuries.

News imageA wide view of a rural crossroad junction outside Rathfriland town. There is a grey bus shelter on the left, close to the crossroads, and a red roadworks sign rests close by on the grass verge. The road beyond is lined with a tunnel of trees. Green fields stretch out to the horizon on either side of the road.
Small sections of police tape near a crossroads were the only visible sign of a collision by Sunday afternoon

The road was closed overnight near its junctions with Longstone Hill and Barnmeen Road but it has since re-opened.

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