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Man arrested after eight-year-old girl suffers ‘serious injuries’ in Omagh crash
Police arrested a 26-year-old van driver as a man in his 40s and an 8-year-old girl were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
- On Saturday, July 25, a collision involving a Peugeot Partner van and a quad bike on the Edergole Road in Omagh left a man in his 40s and an eight-year-old girl with serious injuries.
- Police arrested the 26-year-old van driver on suspicion of offences including driving with excess alcohol and causing grievous bodily injury by careless driving.
- Emergency responders from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service treated the victims at the scene before they were transported to hospital, and the Edergole Road has since fully reopened.
- PSNI Chief Inspector McConville is appealing for witnesses or dash-cam footage, directing the public to use reference 1380 25/07/26 or call 101 to assist the investigation.
- The driver remains in police custody while the investigation continues. McConville stated: "He remains in custody at this time as our enquiries continue into the circumstances of what happened.
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Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a man aged 26 after two people – including a girl aged eight – were seriously injured in a collision involving a quad bike and a van. The incident occurred on the Edergole Road in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, yesterday evening (Saturday, July 25). The arrested man is suspected of driving under the influence of excessive alcohol. In a statement, Chief Inspector McConville of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (P…
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