{"id":827878,"date":"2026-03-15T17:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:48:16","slug":"teenager-in-critical-condition-after-serious-crash-in-omagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827878\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager in critical condition after serious crash in Omagh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver, a man aged in his late teens, was taken to hospital by air ambulance<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A helicopter from the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance responding to an incident\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2_unnamed-92.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\">A teenager remains in a critical condition in hospital after a serious collision on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police are appealing for information after the single-vehicle crash outside <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/omagh\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Omagh<\/a> yesterday, Saturday March 14. Officers say they received a report just before 7.10am that a black Volkswagen Golf had left the Clanabogan Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Inspector McGale said: &#8220;The driver, a man aged in his late teens, was taken to hospital by air ambulance for treatment to serious injuries. He remains in a critical, but stable, condition at this time.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33595295\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/woman-punched-forced-car-co-33595295\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman punched and forced into car in Co Antrim<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33594831\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/news\/belfast-news\/man-critical-after-being-found-33594831\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man critical after being found unconscious in Belfast city centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact police on 101, quoting reference 253 14\/03\/26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We would be particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have dashcam footage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;You can also report online at <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">http:\/\/www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport\/<\/a> or contact Crimestoppers with 100% anonymity on 0800 555 111 or online at <a aria-label=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/<\/a>.&#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 driver, a man aged in his late teens, was taken to hospital by air ambulance Northern Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[80196,12,92049,1618,16,15],"class_list":["post-827878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-co-tyrone","tag-news","tag-omagh","tag-psni","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116234453469152017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827878","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=827878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}