Boy (13) dies after being struck by train

Christopher McAlinden, a former pupil at St Anthony’s Primary School, fell off a bridge at the Tannaghmore Flyover around 7.20pm.

He was then struck by a train travelling from Newry to Bangor.

The son of David and Dympna McAlinden, Christopher lived with his family at New Forge Road in Magheralin and had one sister, Lauren.

He was a student at Banbridge Academy and had formerly lived in the Craigavon area.

SDLP Cllr Declan McAlinden, who knows the family well, said they are ‘devastated’.