Toomebridge: Motorcyclist killed in crash named as Ciaran Hurl
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Ciaran Hurl, who was from the Moortown area in County Tyrone, wsa killed in the crash in Toomebridge on Thursday
A man who died in a two-vehicle collision between a motorbike and a lorry in Toomebridge, County Antrim, was 26-year-old Ciaran Hurl.
Mr Hurl, who was from the Moortown area, was the motorcyclist involved in the crash on the Blackpark Road shortly before 06:00 BST on Thursday.
The road, which was closed for a time on Thursday, has since reopened.
Police are investigating the crash and have appealed to anyone who witnessed it or has information to contact them.
The fatality on Thursday brings the number of people who have died on Northern Ireland's roads to 46 in 2023, the head of road policing said.
Ch Insp Graham Dodds said that figure is higher than by the same date last year when there had been 28 fatalities.
"These figures show that we as a society we are still not taking road safety seriously enough," the senior officer said.
"The responsibility for making our roads a safer place remains one that we all share."