Pair arrested after crashing cars into each other when trying to avoid garda checkpoint

The incident happened at a garda checkpoint on the outskirts of Calverstown in Kildare

The two seized vehicles. Picture: Garda Traffic/ Twitter

Two drivers have been arrested after they crashed their vehicles into each other while trying to avoid a garda checkpoint.

Gardaí from Naas Roads Policing Unit said they were carrying out a checkpoint on the outskirts of Calverstown, Co Kildare on Thursday when they spotted the two vehicles, a pair of blue Lexus, speeding towards the town.