{"id":662505,"date":"2025-12-30T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662505\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T13:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:03:22","slug":"hanna-tanasova-ukranian-woman-28-becomes-fourth-person-to-die-on-nis-roads-over-christmas-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662505\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanna Tanasova: Ukranian woman (28) becomes fourth person to die on NI\u2019s roads over Christmas period"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hanna Tanasova (28) died after being involved in a collision on December 5 in Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh.<\/p>\n

She passed away on Friday, however, the PSNI only confirmed her death on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian national, who was living in Mayobridge, Co Down, passed away in hospital. <\/p>\n

She is the fourth person to die on Northern Ireland\u2019s roads over the Christmas period<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chief Inspector Simpson from the Collision Investigation Unit, stated: \u201cOfficers responded to a report that a Vauxhall Insignia car and Renault Traffic van had collided on the Crom Road at around 4.40pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleagues from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service also attended the scene and a number of people were conveyed to hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, 28-year-old Hanna Tanasova, who was originally from Ukraine but had been living in the Mayobridge area for several years, passed away from her injuries in hospital on Friday 26th December.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur investigation is ongoing, and we appeal to anyone with phone\/dash cam footage, or information which might assist, to get in touch.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can get in contact with officers on 101, quoting reference number 989 of 05\/12\/25.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hannah<\/p>\n

Hannah Tanasova<\/p>\n

Funeral of Callum McVeigh takes place in Co Down <\/p>\n

Separately, two other people died on Boxing Day after road accidents.<\/p>\n

Angela Feenan, who was 73<\/a> and from the Downpatrick area, died in a two-vehicle collision. Another man was taken to hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

The accident happened on the Ardglass Road, Downpatrick.<\/p>\n

Also on Boxing Day, P\u00e1draig McDonald<\/a> died after a collision near Cookstown, Co Tyrone.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old was from the Loughmacrory area.<\/p>\n

A teenager also suffered \u201clife-changing injuries\u201d and several others remain injured.<\/p>\n

In another incident, young footballer Callum McVeigh<\/a> also died after an accident on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

He was 23 and from the Crossgar in Co Down.<\/p>\n

The PSNI said Mr McVeigh died following a single-vehicle accident involving a forklift which occurred on a laneway off the Holywood Road in the Craigantlet area of Newtownards.<\/p>\n

Mr McVeigh played for Killyleagh Youth Club from Amateur League 1B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hanna Tanasova (28) died after being involved in a collision on December 5 in Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[155107,35745,1384,1248,1144,1610,16,657,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-662505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-abdullah-sabri","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-down-news","11":"tag-fermanagh-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-ukraine","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115808659600284628","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662505","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=662505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}