Three hurt after lorry hits 4x4 stopped on motorway

Three people were injured yesterday, one seriously, when an articulated lorry struck a 4x4 vehicle parked at the side of the M8 Cork to Dublin motorway.

The accident occurred shortly after noon on the northbound carriageway of the motorway between Fermoy and Mitchelstown.

All three occupants were taken to Cork University Hospital, one by air ambulance and the other two by road. The precise condition of the most seriously injured occupant is not known but his injuries are understood to be extensive.