Man due in court next month after fatal hit-and-run in 2025

The 57-year-old has been charged with dangerous driving offences

Published 17th Oct 2026

By Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association

A man has been charged over a hit-and-run which resulted in the death of a man and a woman sustaining serious injuries last year.

The collision occurred in the Ballyeaston Road area of Ballyclare on August 15 2025.

A man in his 50s died in the incident while a woman in her 40s sustained serious injuries.

A 57-year-old man has now been charged with a number of offences relating to the collision, including causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by driving carelessly with excess alcohol.

He has further been charged with causing death by driving carelessly when unfit, causing grievous bodily injury by inconsiderate driving with excess alcohol and causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving.

He is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on November 11.

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