24/04/2009

Witnesses Sought To Gardaí Car Hitting Teenager in Tallagh

The Gardaí Ombudsman Commission is appealing for witnesses to a crash in which a teenager was hit by a police vehicle last weekend.

The 17-year-old received head, leg and back injuries after being struck by an unmarked garda car on Cloonmore Road, Jobstown in Tallaght early last Sunday morning.

The teenager has since been released from hospital.

The Ombudsman Commission is asking anyone with information to make contact.

(BMcC/JM)

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