Truck driver shot with pellet gun on M50 motorway

A truck driver is recovering after apparently being shot with a pellet gun while driving along the M50 in Dublin this morning.

The incident happened between the Ballymount exit and the Red Cow exit on the motorway at around 2am.

The truck driver was taken to nearby Tallaght Hospital with a neck injury believed to have been caused by a pellet gun.

The scene has been sealed off pending technical examination, causing some traffic disruption.