Teen held as spate of road incidents probed

A TEENAGER was arrested by Askeaton gardaí yesterday who are investigating a series of road incidents which resulted in a crash involving a delivery lorry.

The 18-year-old is being held at Askeaton Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be held for 24 hours. The lorry was stolen at a petrol station in Kildimo on Wednesday of last week at about 7am and overturned a short time later. The crash followed incidents involving two other vehicles. The driver of the crashed lorry was taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital and was allowed home in recent days.

As a result of the crash, the N69 was closed for several hours.