Cloughmills: Boy, 8, dead after car strikes family of seven 11 November 2014 Last updated at 16:25 A boy has died after a car struck his mother and her six children as they walked to school in County Antrim. It happened on the Loughill Road in the village of Cloughmills, near Ballymena, at about 08:35 GMT on Tuesday. Adam Gilmour, eight, died later in hospital. His mother was taken to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, where she is in a serious condition. Four of the children are also being treated in hospital. An 18-year-old man has been arrested. North Antrim MLA Jim Allister said the woman had contacted him three weeks ago, as she was concerned about her children having to walk along that road. He said she warned that "because the education and library board was failing to provide transport for her children, they would be 'wiped out' some morning on the road. The lady was particularly concerned that this situation was continuing into the winter months. I am most distressed that her words have proved to be much more prophetic than anyone would have thought. I wrote to the transport department of the North Eastern Education and Library Board highlighting the fact that she had to bring five children to meet the school bus in Cloughmills because the NEELB refused to collect the children close to their own home. The little boy's death brings the number of fatalities on Northern Ireland roads this year to 69. Ch Insp Stephen McCauley said: "Adam, his mother and five siblings were making their way to school this morning when the collision happened. His mother, along with four of his siblings, are currently receiving treatment in hospital at present for a range of injuries, some of which are serious. One child was not injured and is being looked after by a relative. "The fact that a child has died on the way to school this morning heaps tragedy upon an already stark figure," he said. Four ambulances attended the crash. A police helicopter has been flying overhead and forensics experts went to the scene. The road remains closed at its junctions with Main Street and Lislaban Road. Bill Kennedy, mayor of Ballymoney, said that his thoughts were with the family Cloughmills is a village about 16km away from the town of Ballymena. It had a population of 1,240 people in the 2001 census. There are two primary schools in the village.