Longford driver awarded €750k for crash

A man who suffered a brain injury after he crashed his car in to the back of a council truck on the side of a road has settled his High Court action for €750,000.

Francis Smith, aged 25, of Bracklin Grove, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, had through his mother Martina Dempsey, sued Longford County Council as a result of the crash on January 27, 2009 at Cartronegagh, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford.

It was claimed there was an alleged failure to give any, or any adequate, warning to include traffic lights, advance road traffic warning signs or bollards to indicate that work was under way on the roadway.