Ambulance flipped on its side in road collision

Incident happened near Portrush while another ambulance crashed near Coleraine

No one seriously injured after ambulance was flipped on its side after it collided with a car close to Portrush. Photograph: NIAS/PA Wire
No one seriously injured after ambulance was flipped on its side after it collided with a car close to Portrush. Photograph: NIAS/PA Wire

Ambulances have been involved in two separate road crashes in Northern Ireland.

One vehicle, which was transporting a patient to hospital, was sent on to its side after colliding with a car close to Portrush at about 8.50am.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said the crew and patient were being treated for non-life threatening injuries at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.

Earlier, another ambulance service vehicle was involved in a collision on the Shore Road, Whiteabbey, Belfast. No one was seriously hurt, but the occupant of a car was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment.

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The ambulance service said the crew had been left shaken and were given a period of “downtime”.

PA