Nine injured in Drogheda road accident

Nine people were injured this afternoon when an ambulance and three cars collided on the main Dublin to Belfast road two miles north of Drogheda.

The ambulance was taking a patient to hospital at the time of the crash.

The patient's wife was treated for shock following the incident, while two members of the ambulance crew suffered cuts and bruises and one a suspected broken leg.

A man, woman and three young children were also treated for minor injuries.