Woman killed and eight others injured in multi-vehicle road traffic collision

Police have confirmed that a woman has sadly died following a road traffic collision on the Portaferry Road, County Down on Friday 25th April.

Inspector Cherith Adair, from the Collision Investigation Unit, said:

“Police received a report shortly after 10.20am on Friday morning, that a red coloured lorry travelling towards Greyabbey had been involved in a collision with a silver Citroen Berlingo people carrier and a white Audi A3 car travelling in the direction of Newtownards.

“Officers attended, alongside colleagues from our partner emergency services. A passenger in the Citroen Berlingo, a woman aged in her 60’s sadly died at the scene. Eight other people - three men, two women and three children - attended hospital for treatment.”

The Portaferry Road was closed for a number of hours as an examination of the scene took place, but has since reopened.

Inspector Adair added:

“Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances of the collision, and would like to hear from witnesses or anyone who may have captured dash-cam or other footage which could assist with our enquiries. You can call 101 and quote reference CW 422 25/04/25 or report online at http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/."