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Train Collides With Car At Ballymena Crossing
A man is being treated in hospital following a collision involving a car and a train at a railway crossing in County Antrim.
The incident took place at 6.50 this morning at an automated crossing on the Old Cullybackey Road in Ballymena, when the Belfast train collided with the car.
It is understood a man in his 40s, who was driving the car, has been taken to hospital. However, his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
A police spokesman also said a small number of passengers travelling in the train were also injured, but none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
(JM/KMcA)
The incident took place at 6.50 this morning at an automated crossing on the Old Cullybackey Road in Ballymena, when the Belfast train collided with the car.
It is understood a man in his 40s, who was driving the car, has been taken to hospital. However, his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
A police spokesman also said a small number of passengers travelling in the train were also injured, but none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
(JM/KMcA)
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