Ambulance takes hour to arrive at crash scene

An ambulance sent to a car crash in Cork city arrived more than an hour after the 999 call was received, by which time the injured parties had left the scene.

A source told the Irish Examiner that one injured party was brought to hospital by Garda car when it became apparent a second ambulance would take some time to reach the accident.

The National Ambulance Service confirmed that it received a 999 call at 23.52 on Friday, September 16, after a two-car crash on the Rochestown Rd, and that it had an ambulance on the scene by 23.59. It also confirmed that a second ambulance arrived at the scene more than an hour after the initial 999 call was received, by which time the remaining parties had left.