{"id":13796,"date":"2025-04-12T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13796\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:01:12","slug":"ballymoney-cow-is-put-down-after-collision-with-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13796\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballymoney: Cow is put down after collision with car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The damaged windscreen. Photo: PSNI<\/p>\n

A driver has been left shaken after his vehicle collided with a cow on a Co Antrim road.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred on the outskirts of Ballymoney last night.<\/p>\n

The cow was put down by a vet who attended the scene.<\/p>\n

The vehicle involved is a write-off, according to rural neighbourhood officers who attended the scene.<\/p>\n

The PSNI shared details of the incident on its Facebook page, including a photograph of a shattered windscreen caused by the impact of the animal.<\/p>\n

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The damaged windscreen. Photo: PSNI<\/p>\n

News Catch Up – Friday 11th April<\/p>\n

The PSNI said: \u201cAs you can see from the image the cow bounced up the bonnet and onto the windscreen which thankfully held until the driver got stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThankfully this driver was doing the speed limit which may have saved his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cA black cow on an unlit road led to a written off car but thankfully a safe and well, but shaken up, driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately the animal involved sustained injuries which were beyond repair and was seen to by a local vet who attended the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PSNI urged motorists to stay alert for unexpected dangers on the roads.<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cPlease be vigilant at all times whilst driving, abide by the speed limits and stay safe.<\/p>\n

“If you own livestock or animals of any sort, even just your pets, please be sure to ensure they are appropriately housed and contained.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The damaged windscreen. Photo: PSNI A driver has been left shaken after his vehicle collided with a cow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1211,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-13796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-antrim-news","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114325126078003788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13796","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=13796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}