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A garda is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car on the M1 motorway in Co Louth.
At 1:45 pm, Gardaí from the Dundalk Road Surveillance Unit stopped a car along the northbound carriageway of the M1, near Junction 20, while conducting speed checks.
The car initially stopped, but then sped up and fled the scene, hitting a garda in the process. The garda had approached the vehicle from their patrol car to speak to the driver.
The wounded officer was taken by ambulance to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
A Garda spokesperson described the officer’s injuries as serious, but they were not thought to be life threatening. The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash and escape has not yet been located.
Gardaí in Dundalk is calling for any witnesses to the incident, or road users with dash camera footage along the M1 route at the time of the crash and escape on Saturday afternoon to come forward.
Anyone with information should contact the Dundalk Garda station (042) 938 8400, or the confidential Garda line at 1800 666111.
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