Suspected car thief jumps 35ft onto railway line after crash injures couple

A COUPLE in their 20s are lucky to be alive today after a stolen car smashed into the vehicle in which they were travelling in Cork city.

Within seconds of the impact on the bridge at Tivoli, known locally as the Skew Bridge, the alleged car thief had jumped out of the wrecked Audi A3 which he was driving and jumped over a 4ft wall at the side of the road.

However, on the other side of the wall there was a 35ft drop onto the Cork-Midleton railway line.