Gardaí seek three men as driver left shaken following road crash hoax

The incident, which happened in the village of Milford on Sunday night, left a terrified motorist thinking they had hit a real person.

Gardaí in Co Donegal are looking to speak to three young men after plastic bags stuffed with ketchup and arranged to look like a body were placed on a road and struck by a passing car.

The incident, which happened in the village of Milford on Sunday night, left a terrified motorist thinking they had hit a real person. The incident occurred on the R245 at The Pans, Cranford at around 12.30am.

After getting out of the car, the driver discovered that it had not been a person who had been hit but stuffed plastic bags. 

The driver and passenger of the vehicle were left shaken following the bizarre incident. Damage was also caused to the car as a result of the collision.

A Garda spokesperson said: “We are following a definite line of enquiry in relation to this incident and we are anxious to speak with anyone who may have travelled in that area and who may have observed a white car with three young males on board parked up nearby.

“This car is believed to have been in the area around the time of the collision and then immediately left in the direction of Carrigart”.

Anyone who may have travelled along that route with a dash-cam between midnight and 1am on that date is urged to make the footage available to gardaí.

“If anyone travelled within the Carrigart area between 12.30am and 1.30am with a dash-cam, we ask them to get in touch with us also,” Garda Gráinne Doherty added.

“We are very anxious to progress this investigation and we appeal to the males in question to make contact with gardaí in Milford on 074 9153060. As already stated, we are following a definite line of enquiry and all available CCTV is being sought and examined. 

"Those involved in this very serious matter are advised to make contact with investigating gardaí”.