Man dies following collision between quad and car

Woman taken to hospital following incident in Ballyclare, Co Antrim

A man has died following a two-vehicle road collision in Co Antrim on Friday evening. Photograph: iStock
A man has died following a two-vehicle road collision in Co Antrim on Friday evening. Photograph: iStock

A man has died following a two-vehicle road collision in Co Antrim on Friday evening.

Police in Northern Ireland received reports shortly after 8pm on Friday of a collision in the Irish Hill Road area of Ballyclare. A farm quad-type vehicle and a Seat Ibiza car were involved in the incident.

Shortly afterwards the man died at the scene, while a woman was taken to hospital, the Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed

The Irish Hill Road remains closed at the junctions with the Lisglass Road and the Rushvale Road.

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Officers are appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward with information or dashcam footage.

Ellen O'Riordan

Ellen O'Riordan

Ellen O'Riordan is High Court Reporter with The Irish Times