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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Andrew Byrne

Dashcam footage shows car speeding down hard shoulder and on the wrong side of Irish road

Shocking footage shows the moment a car speeds down the hard shoulder on the wrong side of a road in Co Antrim.

The incident was caught on a witnesses dashcam as the driver passed by on the Ballbogey Road outside Portrush.

Police have appealed for the driver of the blue coloured car to come forward.

Sergeant Robert Ennis is also appealing to the public to help identify the driver.

He said: "Police were made aware of footage that captured a blue vehicle - possibly a BMW - being driven on the hard shoulder, on the wrong side of the Ballybogey Road towards oncoming traffic on Thursday, 27th June at around 8am.

"Had this car struck a vehicle, it could have had a catastrophic consequences and I would urge the driver of this vehicle to come forward to us.

"I am also appealing to anyone who was travelling on the Ballybogey Road around this time on Thursday and saw this vehicle, or who may have captured this incident on their dashcam to contact us.

"If you can help us identify the driver please call police in Coleraine on the non emergency number 101, quoting reference number 2423 of 28/6/19."

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