A POPULAR IRISH racer has been killed during practice for
Northern Ireland’s annual Walderstown road races in Co Westmeath.
Reports say Andrew Neill, 27, from Newmills in Co Tyrone, was killed when he came off the track and collided with a tree during practice for the 125cc race.
Event organisers, the Fore Motor Cycle Club Ltd, abandoned the race following the crash. Sources say an investigation is already under way.
Another rider was also seriously injured during the incident.
Mr Neill's former team-mate, Mark Young, died in a crash during the opening race of the North West 200 earlier this year. Both men had competed for the D&G Wray Racing team.
A spokesman for Fore Motorcycle Racing Club said he could not comment because the accident was already under investigation.
