Rider airlifted to hospital after crash at Armoy Road Races

Castleblayney’s Joe Loughlin was airlifted to hospital following a crash at the Armoy Road Races on Saturday.

The incident occurred on the warm-up lap for the final race of the event, the showpiece ‘Race of Legends’, at around 4.30pm.

Joe Loughlin from Castleblayney crashed at Armoy on Saturday.placeholder image
Joe Loughlin from Castleblayney crashed at Armoy on Saturday.

Loughlin came off his Kawasaki machine at Church Bends and was said to have sustained chest and leg injuries. He was said to be alert and talking at the scene before being airlifted to hospital by the NI Air Ambulance.

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