{"id":49757,"date":"2025-09-29T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/49757\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:59:09","slug":"ballygowan-road-man-dies-after-being-struck-by-car-in-east-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/49757\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballygowan Road: Man dies after being struck by car in east Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAKING\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle shortly after 11pm on Saturday\n<\/p>\n

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Stock Image: Police attended the incident in east Belfast<\/p>\n

A man has died following a road traffic collision on the Ballygowan Road in east Belfast.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle shortly after 11pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police, fire and ambulance crews all attended.<\/p>\n

The road was closed while emergency services dealt with the incident, and investigations were carried out.<\/p>\n

Inspector Cherith Adair from the PSNI\u2019s Collision Investigation Unit said: \u201cJust after 11pm, we received a report of a pedestrian having been struck by a vehicle in the Ballygowan Road area.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur officers attended alongside emergency service partners, however the man was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have dashcam footage to contact them on 101.<\/p>\n

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Stock Image: Police attended the incident in east Belfast<\/p>\n

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