Prison van overturns on motorway

A prison van overturned on the Dublin-Galway motorway after a suspected blowout.

One prisoner and two members of the Prison Service were in the vehicle at the time of the accident.

The driver lost control of the van, it went out of control and overturned close to the Carrabane overpass between Junctions 16 and 17 of the M6 (Loughrea to Athenry) yesterday afternoon.