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Young woman and two young boys still in hospital following separate crashes

Jennifer Sherry was injured in the crash in Ballymoney last week alongside her father Damian
Jennifer Sherry was injured in the crash in Ballymoney last week alongside her father Damian Jennifer Sherry was injured in the crash in Ballymoney last week alongside her father Damian

TWO children and a young woman remain in hospital more than a week after they were involved in separate crashes in counties Antrim and Down.

Liam McCallum (9) is still critically ill in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast after he was struck by a car near Bushmills.

The Straidbilly Primary School pupil was playing football on January 10 when the crash happened on the Toberdoney Road in Liscolman. He was taken to the Causeway Hospital before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Police said a man in his seventies who was arrested was later released on bail.

A five-year-old boy also knocked down in Magheralin, Co Down last week is in a stable condition in hospital.

The young boy was hit by a car in the Malcolmson Park area last Thursday.

Meanwhile, a young woman injured in a serious road crash in Co Down alongside her father remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Damian and Jennifer Sherry from Rostrevor were involved in a three-vehicle collision in Ballymoney, Co Antrim on January 9.

Ms Sherry, a GAA footballer for St Bronagh's club, was travelling with her father to Coleraine where she studies at Ulster University when the crash happened. It is understood she was due to sit an exam that day.

Ms Sherry, who is understood to have previously battled cancer, is also being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast where her condition was last night described as "stable".

It is understood her father was being treated at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, but his condition remains unknown.