{"id":28513,"date":"2026-05-04T21:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28513\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:50:15","slug":"two-people-taken-to-hospital-after-separate-bank-holiday-monday-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28513\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people taken to hospital after separate Bank Holiday Monday crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services have been at the scenes of the collisions<\/p>\n<p>17:11, 04 May 2026Updated 19:17, 04 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A helicopter from the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance responding to an incident at Woodvale Park in Belfast\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_unnamed-93.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Northern Ireland Air Ambulance stock image\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Northern Ireland Air Ambulance stock image(Image: PressEye)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Two people have been taken to hospital after two separate Bank Holiday Monday crashes in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/co-antrim\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Co Antrim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One person has been airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision involving an electric scooter near the Kelly&#8217;s Complex, <a aria-label=\"Portrush,Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/portrush\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Portrush,<\/a> on Dunluce Road, which resulted in the road being closed to traffic as emergency services attended the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a statement, the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/northern-ireland-ambulance-service\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Northern Ireland Ambulance Service<\/a> confirmed it received a 999 call at 12:51 on Monday, May 4 following reports of an incident involving an electric scooter in the vicinity of Dunluce Road, Portrush.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33885335\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/live-bushmills-road-closed-air-33885335\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patient airlifted to hospital after Portrush crash &#8211; LIVE updates<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33885956\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/randalstown-crash-live-emergency-services-33885956\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Randalstown crash LIVE as one person hospitalised after two-vehicle crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson added: &#8220;NIAS dispatched an Emergency Crew to the incident. Ambulance Control also tasked the Charity <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/air-ambulance\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Air Ambulance<\/a>, with HEMS crew on board, to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken by Air Ambulance to the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/Royal-Victoria-Hospital\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Royal Victoria Hospital<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/PSNI\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">PSNI<\/a> spokesman said: &#8220;Road users are advised that the Bushmills Road, Portrush is currently closed following a traffic collision near the Causeway Street junction. Motorists are advised to avoid the area or seek alternative routes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Separately, one person has been taken to hospital following a serious crash between a car and motorcycle on the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/co-antrim\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Craigstown Road in Randalstown<\/a>. Police officers and colleagues from the emergency services have been attending the scene of the two vehicle road traffic collision this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a statement, the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/northern-ireland-ambulance-service\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Northern Ireland Ambulance Service<\/a> said it received a 999 call at 14:27 on Monday, May 4 following reports of a road traffic incident, involving a car and motorcycle, on Lisnevenagh Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson added: &#8220;NIAS dispatched two Emergency Crews, an Advanced Paramedic and a HART response to the incident. Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken by ambulance to <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/Royal-Victoria-Hospital\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Royal Victoria Hospital<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The road has since reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage <a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a aria-label=\"sign up to our daily newsletterLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=1342b3be-3db3-461a-a6b4-c60bfcaa13da&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services have been at the scenes of the collisions 17:11, 04 May 2026Updated 19:17, 04 May 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11341,4331,12505,12504,2864,12503,9521,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-28513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-air-ambulance","9":"tag-co-antrim","10":"tag-northern-ireland-ambulance-service","11":"tag-portrush","12":"tag-psni","13":"tag-randalstown","14":"tag-royal-victoria-hospital","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116518520289550725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}