BIKERS KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT

Two friends collided with each other before being hit by truck

- MICK O'TOOLE

GARDAI last night launched an investigation after two bikers died in a freak accident on Ireland's busiest motorway.

The Irish Mirror has learned the pals collided with each other as they rode their motorbikes along the M50 yesterday afternoon - before being hit by a passing truck as they lay on the ground.

"It was a freak accident," a source said.

The Mirror has also established that both men were English holidaymakers who were touring around Ireland.

It's understood one victim was in his 60s, while the other was in his 50s. Gardai were liaising with British police last night to break the news to the men's families. But sources stressed that neither the victims nor the lorry driver involved in the smash were suspected of any wrongdoing.