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Police name motorcyclist killed in Co Antrim crash

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By Bairbre Holmes, Press Association

A man who died in a crash in Co Antrim on Monday morning has been named as Jim Wylie.

The PSNI said that at 10.25am they received a report of a collision involving a car and a motorbike in the Crankill Road area of Ballymena at the junction of Tullygrawley Road.

Detective Inspector Stewart from the Collision Investigation Unit said emergency services attended but “sadly the motorcyclist was pronounced deceased at the scene”.

“He was 60-year-old Jim Wylie from the local area,” he said.

The road was closed for a time but has now fully reopened.

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