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22/07/2019
Car Drives Into Crowd At Dundalk Cemetery
A man is in hospital after he was struck by a car that drove towards a crowd in a County Louth graveyard.
Gardaí arrested a 20-year-old man at the scene in St Patrick's Cemetery in Dundalk following the incident during the annual blessing of the graves on Sunday 21 July.
An elderly man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with serious injuries.
According to initial reports, the dark coloured car drove at a number of people before driving out of the cemetery and colliding with parked cars on a public road.
Gardaí are seeking witnesses and anyone with video footage to contact the incident room at Dundalk Station.
(JG/CM)
Gardaí arrested a 20-year-old man at the scene in St Patrick's Cemetery in Dundalk following the incident during the annual blessing of the graves on Sunday 21 July.
An elderly man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with serious injuries.
According to initial reports, the dark coloured car drove at a number of people before driving out of the cemetery and colliding with parked cars on a public road.
Gardaí are seeking witnesses and anyone with video footage to contact the incident room at Dundalk Station.
(JG/CM)
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