Emergency crews are responding to reports that people are trapped in a collapsed trench in County Down.
Ballygowan Road in Crossnacreevy is closed to traffic. Police said they were alerted shortly after 11am on Friday and asked motorists to avoid the area.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters had been called to a reported rescue incident on the road and that the response was ongoing. Ambulance crews, police and firefighters are understood to have been deployed.









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