Garda patrol car forced off road in Dundalk

Two gardaí escaped injury this morning when their patrol car was forced off the road in Dundalk.

The incident happened at 4.30am when the gardaí came across a black Peugeot 206 on the Newry Road. The driver of the car threw an object at the patrol car and forced it down a six-foot embankment, into a ditch.

The car had earlier failed to stop for the PSNI in Newry.

The vehicle fled the scene. No arrests have yet been made.