Pregnant mother trapped with three children in car

A trapped pregnant mother comforted her three, hysterical young children for up to an hour in their car after a road accident, a court has heard.

Niamh Long, from Pallsagreen, in Co Limerick, was driving at Cloverfield in December 2014 with her three children, Charlie, then aged one; Pearse, then aged six; and Adam, then aged seven.

A Mr Binman refuse collection lorry approached and the car became wedged between the lorry and the ditch. Ms Long and the children could not get out of the vehicle.