M50 Closed Southbound J13

Pipmae

I don't think this has been posted already but bear with me - I'm still finding my way around Boards.:D Let's hope no one is seriously injured or there are any fatalities.

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Dublin.aspx

- The M50 is completely closed southbound at J13 Ballinteer following a serious collision further south at J14 Leopardstown. Traffic can divert at J13 however, Gardai are advising motorists to divert at their closest exit.

Tried to get onto the M50 at 8.50, but diverted away. Lots and lots of blue flashing lights and many more were on the way. Hope all involved will be ok.

Mikros

Hope the man with serious injuries will be ok, sounds like a bad collision.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0219/breaking60.html

maxamillius

Stolen car driving wrong way up motorway apparently,took out 7 cars!

AlekSmart

maxamillius wrote: »

Stolen car driving wrong way up motorway apparently,took out 7 cars!

In some juristictions such carry-on would merit a significant punishment....but this is Ireland...we are..."Different" :mad:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-drove-wrong-way-up-motorway-slip-road-in-garda-chase-jailed-for-four-years-29081595.html

A MAN who drove the wrong way up a motorway slip road while being pursued by gardaí has been jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The pursuit lasted about two hours and came to an end when he crashed into the couple’s car. He had just performed a U-turn on the motorway and was driving the wrong way up a slip road on the M50 near the Naas Road.

Connors fled the scene after the accident and “lay low” for a number of hours before gardaí spotted him nearby in a taxi.

Gardaí then chased Connors on foot across inbound and outbound lanes of the M7 before he was caught in wasteland and arrested.

Connors has 47 previous convictions, mostly for road traffic offences and was under a number of disqualification orders.

Detective Garda Frank Lambe told Paul Carroll BL, prosecuting, that Connors collided with a cyclist on leaving the hospital before he drove on.

When gardaí moved into arrest him minutes later near Dolphin’s Bridge, he reversed into a parked van twice before driving at gardaí who had to move out of the way to avoid injury.

A man who had been sitting in the van was not injured but €1,700 worth of damage was caused to his vehicle.

Connors then drove off at speed, breaking a red light and driving on the wrong side of the road causing motorists to take evasive action to avoid a collision.

Connors also drove the car onto a footpath causing pedestrians to jump out of the way before he drove over Luas tracks and headed towards the Red Cow Interchange.

Anybody think 4 years is sufficient for this type of mallarkey..?