A man in his 20s has died, and two people have been left ‘seriously injured’ following a four-vehicle crash in Co Armagh. 

The incident took place at around 6:30am on Monday at the Church Road junction of the Armagh Road area in Newry. 

It is understood that the crash involved a large Scania lorry, a van, a BMW and a Toyota Auris. 

Police rushed to the scene alongside emergency crews to the border of Armagh and Down in the early hours of Monday morning following reports of a serious collision. 

It is understood that ‘medical treatment [was] provided to those injured’. However, the driver of the BMW, believed to be in his 20s, was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 

The driver of the van and a passenger riding along with them were rushed to hospital with injuries that are understood to be ‘serious’. Meanwhile, the driver of the lorry and the second car were left uninjured by the collision. 

The Armagh road was quickly closed off as officers began to ‘investigate the circumstances of what happened’. 

The stretch of road remained shut last night between the junctions of Tandragee Road/ Godsford road and the Armagh road roundabout at the Newry bypass, it has since been reopened. 

Following the crash, the PSNI has appealed for anyone who may have information to come forward. 

A spokesperson said: ‘We would appeal to anyone with information about the collision or who has dash-cam footage of what happened to contact police using our witness appeal form here, quoting reference 159 19/10/26 or call us on 101.’ 

This comes just a week after three people were left injured by a collision involving three vans and a car in Co. Sligo. 

It is understood that during the ‘serious road traffic collision’ three people sustained injuries, one of which has been deemed serious.

According to An Garda Síochána, three vans and a car collided, leaving the driver of one of the vans, who is aged in his 70s, with ‘serious injuries’.  

He was brought alongside the drivers of the two other vans, in their 20s and 50s, to Sligo University Hospital. They were treated for injuries ‘believed to be non-life-threatening’. 

It is understood that the scene was then examined by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.