VIDEO: Gardaí release dramatic footage of huge branch falling on burglary response car

Members of the Gardaí’s Burglary Response unit had a very fortunate escape while they were on an operation in Dublin last week.

While travelling through the Blanchardstown area during Storm Abigail last Thursday gardaí in a burglary response car narrowly avoided serious injury after a massive branch fell from a tree right in front of them.

The gardaí car has no time to get out of the way and smashes straight through the huge branch - one does shudder to think what would have happened had they been a second later under the falling tree limb.

Speaking to breakingnews.ie the Garda Press Office confirmed there were no injuries to the gardaí involved and they released the footage yesterday in order to make the public aware of the dangers associated with driving in adverse conditions.

With Ireland currently being lashed by Storm Barney the footage would seem to deliver a timely message.

This was not quite ’special branch’ for the gardaí involved though (sorry, we had to!).

I watch you
You watch me
Get home to your family
When you watch the road & avoid a thing or two
Put on your lights & I’ll avoid you too .

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) November 17, 2015

Barney is angry - blowing up a storm. Very wet & windy . Pls use dipped headlights, reduce speed, Watch out for fallen debris. Bsafe Bseen

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) November 18, 2015

Stay safe on there on the roads folks!

H/T: BreakingNews.ie