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13th Jun 2016

PIC: Tributes are left at the spot where a Northern Ireland fan lost his life in Nice

Tony Cuddihy

A heartbreaking image amid all the celebrations in France.

As we reported earlier, a 24-year-old Northern Ireland fan has died after falling from a boardwalk in Nice.

Darren Rodgers from Ballymena fell more than eight metres on to a pebble beach from a promenade in the French city. He was on his own at the time.

Darren was in France for Northern Ireland’s opening group fixture against Poland.

UTV’s Ruth Gorman shared this image from Nice this morning.

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