A six-year-old girl has died in a road traffic collision in Newry.

The girl was a passenger in a Volkswagen car that was involved in a collision with a Seat car and a tractor on the Hilltown Road at around 9.55am.

Two women, aged 24 and 42, were taken to hospital for treatment to their injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.

Inspector Stephen Humphries is appealing to anyone who was travelling on the Hilltown Road around this time and who witnessed the collision to contact local Police in Newry or the Collision Investigation Unit in Sprucefield on the non-emergency number 101.

The Hilltown Road remains closed at this time.

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