Speeding motorcyclist puts garda in hospital during patrol

Gardaí were on a patrol to disrupt the sale and supply of controlled drugs when they saw the man driving a Surron-type electric motorbike

At around 9pm in a green area in Blakestown, Blanchardstown, gardaí observed a man driving a Surron-type electric motorbike. Picture Denis Minihane.

A garda member was hospitalised after he was struck by a speeding motorcyclist during a patrol in Dublin on Thursday evening. 

At around 9pm in a green area in Blakestown, Blanchardstown, gardaí, who were on a patrol to disrupt the sale and supply of controlled drugs, saw the man driving a Surron-type electric motorbike.