Belfast Coastguard Alerted to Car on Portaferry Shore

14th January 2021

Betty Armstrong

The car on the shoreline at Portaferry Road Credit: Portaferry Coastguard Rescue

The Portaferry Coastguard Rescue team was alerted by Belfast Coastguard yesterday to attend the scene of a serious incident when a car had left the Portaferry Road near Newtownards and ended up on the shore.

The road which runs from Newtownards at the head of Strangford Lough to Portaferry at the southern end skirts the Lough and was closed for a time.

The three occupants were rescued by members of the public before the emergency services arrived and were taken to hospital to be checked out after this serious incident.

Published in Northern Ireland Waters, Coastguard

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Betty Armstrong is Afloat and Yachting Life's Northern Ireland Correspondent. Betty grew up racing dinghies but now sails a more sedate Dehler 36 around County Down

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