Trucker took pictures while driving past crash

The driver of an articulated truck used both hands to take photographs of a serious traffic accident as he drove past it and yesterday he was convicted of careless driving.

Inspector Adrian Gamble said the lorry driver was rubbernecking while driving past the scene of a serious injury and taking pictures.

Garda Karl McCarthy was one of the officers dealing with the serious road traffic crash at the South Ring Road when he saw the lorry driver, Vlad Moigradean of Aherlow Heights, Tipperary town, driving past.