Police investigating a fatal collision between a car and a lorry in Co Antrim have issued a witness appeal to the driver of a white van.
The crash happened near Ballyclare, on the Carrickfergus Road close to Ballylagan Road, Ballynure, on Monday. The incident was reported to police around 9.15am.
The male driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, while another patient was taken to Antrim Area Hospital by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. Read More
Commenting on the specific witness appeal, Inspector Siobhan Watt said: “We would ask the driver of a white van towing a trailer believed to have been travelling ahead of the car involved in the collision, to please get in touch with police in the Collision Investigation Unit on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 285 of 11/01/21.”
Carrickfergus Road crash which claimed life of man sparks PSNI witness appeal for van driver
The collision involved a car and a lorry
Police at the scene on the Carrickfergus Road , near Ballynure (Image: Justin Kernoghan/Belfast Live)
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The crash happened near Ballyclare, on the Carrickfergus Road close to the Ballylagan Road, Ballynure, yesterday morning.
The incident was reported to police around 9.15am.
The male driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, while another patient was taken to Antrim Area Hospital by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS).
Officers remained at the scene yesterday conducting enquiries.
UUP councillor Vera McWilliam said her sympathies were with the loved ones and friends of the man who had died in the collision. This will be incredibly difficult news for them at what is only the start of 2021, she told the Belfast Telegraph.
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Man dies following collision between car and lorry near Straid A person has died in a collision between a lorry and a car near Straid. Picture by Mal McCann Digital Staff 11 January, 2021 12:20
A man has died after a collision between a car and a lorry near Straid in Co Antrim.
The man was the driver of a car that was in collision with a lorry on Carrickfergus Road, close to Ballylagan Road.
It was reported to police at around 9.15am and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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