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Boucher Road in Belfast

RTÉ crew injured as 'out of control' car ploughs into six people

Seven ambulances were dispatched and six people were brought to hospital.

Updated 1.50pm

MEMBERS OF A production crew commissioned by RTÉ were amongst those injured when a car ploughed into a group of people in Belfast last night.

It happened at around 8.30pm last night in the Boucher Road area.

The car was described by authorities as being ‘out of control’.

Seven ambulances were dispatched and six people were brought to hospital.

BBC Northern Ireland reports that two people are in a critical condition in hospital. The other four are stable.

The PSNI said a 24-year-old man arrested in the area last night had since been released on bail pending further police enquiries.

RTÉ News confirmed the crew were in the process of setting up equipment when the accident happened.

Those injured included production staff and extras who were working on a new crime series for RTÉ 2.

In a statement this afternoon, the broadcaster has said:

RTÉ is aware of the incident where members of an independent production company filming in Belfast City last night were injured by a car. The programme they were working on at the time is an independently produced series commissioned by RTÉ television.

The PSNI are currently investigating the incident. RTÉ cannot comment further at this time.

Our thoughts are with those involved and their families.

First published 9.00am 

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    Feb 16th 2018, 1:29 PM

    That’s so sad. He must have been so confused. RIP.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 1:57 PM

    Gosh I’m so sorry for that man and his relatives and friends.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 2:00 PM

    Heart wrenching. I hope he didn’t suffer. RIP.

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    Feb 18th 2018, 5:26 PM

    @Deborah Behan: oh god what a fairy you are

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    Feb 18th 2018, 5:27 PM

    @Daniel Carson: that comment was not meant for you. I apologize

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    Feb 16th 2018, 4:34 PM

    Could you not have wrote Mr Burke.?…why can’t journalists have basic respect….

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    Feb 16th 2018, 4:59 PM

    @Henry Matthews:
    I agree. Quite often see victims referred to by their surname on online news forums.
    It lacks compassion although I would say it is more through laziness and poor editing.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 5:17 PM

    @Charles Alexander: i contacted the journal about this before….I was told they follow best European journalistic standards..

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    Feb 16th 2018, 6:45 PM

    @Henry Matthews: It’s a generational thing. More and more the younger the person the less respect is given. Bar a few whose parents raised them right.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 9:24 PM

    @Henry Matthews: Bullocks to “best standards”. Are the journalists sheep?

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    Feb 16th 2018, 2:19 PM

    RIP

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    Feb 16th 2018, 5:44 PM

    “Best European journalistic standards”
    Well then we need to go back to best Irish journalistic standards. Again more
    Bull hsit from the journal and its ahem, “journalists”.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 5:43 PM

    So sad. R.i.p. Mr Burke.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 8:47 PM

    Deepest condolences to the family of Mr Burke. May he rest in peace.

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    Feb 16th 2018, 9:22 PM

    The only consolation is that his body was found rip Mr Burke

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    Feb 17th 2018, 12:56 AM

    Tragic, the poor man and his family , RIP.

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    Feb 18th 2018, 9:34 AM

    Reading some of the comments i think people are rambling on with nothing to do with this article.
    R.I.P

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    Feb 17th 2018, 12:25 AM

    So a body washed up in Wales in November and the pigs didn’t think to share this info with each other and try and establish a link. FFS Sherlock Holmes me bollix.

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