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<\/p>\nThe emergency services were called to the crash shortly after midday<\/p>\n
16:33, 09 May 2026Updated 16:44, 09 May 2026<\/p>\n
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The Lisnevenagh Road, Ballymena, is closed in both directions from the Seven Towers Roundabout to the Dunsilly Roundabout due to a collision.(Image: Declan Roughan \/ Press Eye)<\/p>\n
One person was taken to the hospital following a collision between a motorcycle and a lorry on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The emergency services were called to Lisnevenagh Road in Ballymena<\/a> at 12.19pm on May 9, following reports of a “serious” collision. Police closed the road for a number of hours following the incident from the Seven Towers Roundabout to the Dunsilly Roundabout.<\/p>\n A rapid response paramedic, two ambulances and the air ambulance were sent to the scene with one person was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call at 12:19 following reports of a RTC involving a motorcycle and a lorry on the Lisnevenagh Road.<\/p>\n Police at the scene of a crash on the Lisnevenagh Road in Ballymena(Image: Declan Roughan \/ Press Eye)<\/p>\n “NIAS despatched a Rapid Response Paramedic and 2 Emergency Crews to the incident. Ambulance Control also tasked the Charity Air Ambulance, with HEMS crew on board, to attend.<\/p>\n “Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken by ambulance to RVH.”<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> here<\/a> <\/strong>and<\/strong> sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The emergency services were called to the crash shortly after midday 16:33, 09 May 2026Updated 16:44, 09 May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[33444,958,1144,92050,1618,760,16,15],"class_list":["post-948728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-air-ambulance","tag-ballymena","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\/116545779337073686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948728","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=948728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_RTC-Ballymena-06JPG.jpg\")
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