Four cheat death in horror crash

November 2008

Four people had a miraculous escape and hundreds of commuters were delayed along the N11 on Monday evening following a collision involving an articulated lorry, a van and a car.

The multi-vehicle crash which caused the lorry to jack-knife a few hundred yards past Jack Whites pub occurred shortly after 3.30p.m. saw four people transferred to Loughlinstown with injuries.

A clean-up operation was launched within a short period of time which included removing a petrol spillage from a damaged tank of the car which was smashed from behind.

While Arklow and Wicklow Garda units, fire and ambulance services attended the scene a diversion was place in operation sending northbound traffic along the coast road. A stop and go system forced all other traffic to be delayed while the scene was cleared and assessed.

A second incident saw early morning traffic delayed on Tuesday when a car went out of control and overturned close to Scratnagh Cross. No serious injuries are believed to have been sustained by the driver.