Driver left hurt after fake garda check point

A driver was dragged unconscious into a ditch after he stopped for an alleged unmarked Garda car in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The man, in his 30s, was driving home from work in Meath shortly before 4am when he was pulled in by a car which he says had flashing blue lights.

The car had followed from a distance before indicating to him to stop at Connells Cross, near Trim, according to Meath Crime Prevention Officer Dean Kerins,