Hunt for driver after oil tanker overturns on motorway

GARDAÍ were last night searching for a heavy-goods driver who fled after his tanker full of oil overturned on a busy bypass at rush hour yesterday morning.

The southbound carriageway of the M7 bypass at Monasterevin opened in November was closed for more than eight hours as emergency services emptied the tank and carefully removed the vehicle from the side of roadway where it came to rest.

Gardaí were last night still investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident, which happened shortly before 8.45am.