Van driver saves mother and boy from burning car

A quick-thinking van driver helped to rescue a mother and child from a burning car following a two-vehicle collision in Co Tipperary yesterday.

The incident occurred at about 2.50pm at Bushfield, between Birdhill and Nenagh on the R445, the old N7 Limerick to Dublin road.

The two cars collided head-on with one spinning around on the road before catching fire.