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26/03/2009
Garda 'Critical' After Being Run Over
A 29-year-old garda remains in critical condition today after he was was seriously injured in an incident at Letterkenny, Co.Donegal.
It happened at about 4.30am today when officers were responding to a report of a stolen car at Tara Court.
Head and arm injuries were sustained when he was struck by a vehicle just as he got out of a patrol car.
He was taken for treatment to Letterkenny General Hospital.
Gardái initially went to the scene following a report from the public about suspicious activity in the area.
They said this morning that a juvenile male was arrested at the scene following the incident and a second male in his late teens was also arrested in a follow-up operation near Milford.
They are both detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Letterkenny.
The incident is under investigation by Letterkenny Gardai and the scene is preserved pending a technical forensic examination.
Two cars are also preserved for technical examination.
One of two cars was earlier taken, without the consent of the owner, from a house in the area.
(BMcC/JM)
It happened at about 4.30am today when officers were responding to a report of a stolen car at Tara Court.
Head and arm injuries were sustained when he was struck by a vehicle just as he got out of a patrol car.
He was taken for treatment to Letterkenny General Hospital.
Gardái initially went to the scene following a report from the public about suspicious activity in the area.
They said this morning that a juvenile male was arrested at the scene following the incident and a second male in his late teens was also arrested in a follow-up operation near Milford.
They are both detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Letterkenny.
The incident is under investigation by Letterkenny Gardai and the scene is preserved pending a technical forensic examination.
Two cars are also preserved for technical examination.
One of two cars was earlier taken, without the consent of the owner, from a house in the area.
(BMcC/JM)
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