{"id":1057464,"date":"2026-06-29T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1057464\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:26:52","slug":"man-dies-after-serious-two-vehicle-collision-in-cushendall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1057464\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after serious two-vehicle collision in Cushendall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The male rider of a motorcycle died at the scene<\/p>\n<p>10:13, 29 Jun 2026Updated 10:27, 29 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police stock image\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_policeJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police stock image\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police stock image(Image: Rob Currell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has died following a serious two-vehicle crash 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> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Emergency services were called to Chapel Road in Cushendall shortly after 1pm on June 28 following the collision and the road was closed for a number of hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A 55-year-old from the Bellaghy area of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/co-derry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Co Derry<\/a>, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detective Inspector Stewart, from the Collision Investigation Unit, said: &#8220;Shortly before 1pm, police received and responded to a report of a two vehicle collision on the Chapel Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Colleagues from other emergency services were also in attendance. Sadly, the male rider of a motorcycle, who was 55 years old, and from the Bellaghy area, died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The Chapel Road, which was closed in both directions as enquiries were conducted, has now re-opened to motorists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Enquiries remain ongoing this morning, and we are appealing to anyone with information about the collision, or who has dash-cam footage of what happened, to contact police using our witness appeal form at https:\/\/reporting.psni.police.uk\/appeals quoting reference 863 28\/06\/26, or call us on 101.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><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> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The male rider of a motorcycle died at the scene 10:13, 29 Jun 2026Updated 10:27, 29 Jun 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[78922,80195,1144,92050,1618,760,16,15],"class_list":["post-1057464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-co-antrim","tag-co-derry","tag-northern-ireland","tag-northern-ireland-ambulance-service","tag-psni","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116833397280596694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}