{"id":669737,"date":"2026-01-02T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669737\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:56:21","slug":"blood-bike-wales-volunteer-dies-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669737\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Bike Wales volunteer dies after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Rogers’ family said he was deeply passionate about volunteering for the service which transports blood to sick people<\/p>\n

15:56, 02 Jan 2026Updated 16:33, 02 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"AAndrew Rogers’ family said he was deeply passionate about volunteering for the service which transports blood to sick people(Image: Dyfed-Powys Police)<\/p>\n

A volunteer who transported blood to sick people in Carmarthenshire has died following a crash. Andrew Rogers, who volunteered for Blood Bike Wales, was involved in a crash on Monday, December 29 on the A48 near Llanddarog.<\/p>\n

The crash happened at around 6pm on the westbound carriageway between the botanical gardens turning and Llanddarog junction and involved a black Audi A3 and a Honda 750 branded blood bike<\/a>. Mr Rogers, 61, later died in hospital on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n

His family shared a tribute in his memory through Dyfed-Powys Police in which he was described as “deeply passionate about helping people”. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here<\/p>\n

It reads: \u201cAndrew was volunteering as blood bike rider at the time, something he was deeply passionate about. Helping people and volunteering as street pastor for many years, Andrew had a strong Christian faith, with his life guided by his Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndrew was a farmer his whole life and it was his passion. He was well known, loved, and respected within the farming<\/a> community and extremely knowledgeable. Knowledge he passed down to his children and grandchildren over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndrew will be remembered by his wife Tricia, daughter Julie, son and his partner Nathan and Penny, mum Hilda, brother and sister-in-law Colin and Myra, grandchildren Cerys, Iwan, and Myfanwy, nieces and nephews Megan, Kiki, and Dominic, and the wider family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Blood Bikes Wales shared: “Thank you for your support. We are aware of the many messages, posts, and kind comments circulating on social media following the very serious collision involving one of our riders.<\/p>\n

“We would like to sincerely thank everyone for the concern, good wishes, and support being shown \u2013 it truly means a great deal to us all.”<\/p>\n

On Thursday officers said the driver of the Audi, a 26-year-old man, had been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving.<\/p>\n

Dyfed-Powys Police officers are still investigating the incident. On Friday a spokesman said: “Officers continue to appeal for anyone who was travelling westbound on the A48 near Llanddarog just before 6pm on Monday, December 29, to get in touch.<\/p>\n

“Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111, or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org. Quote ref: DP-20251229-254”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Rogers’ family said he was deeply passionate about volunteering for the service which transports blood to sick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,42000,4884,760,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-669737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dyfed-powys-police","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-traffic-and-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115827506661284748","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669737","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=669737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}