Casualties reported after car collides with crowd in cemetery

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jul 2019, 19:30 BST
Videograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in DundalkVideograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in Dundalk
Videograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in Dundalk
Several people have been injured, including one seriously, amid reports a car collided with crowds at a cemetery in the Republic of Ireland.

Gardai confirmed an incident happened at around 4pm on Sunday in Co Louth.

The Irish police force said a pedestrian had been seriously injured while other people sustained minor injuries in an incident at Dowdallshill in Dundalk, not far across the Co Down border.

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In a statement, Garda said: “It is understood from initial investigations that one pedestrian (gender unknown) was seriously injured and a number of other pedestrians received minor injuries following a road traffic collision.”

Videograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in DundalkVideograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in Dundalk
Videograbbed image taken with permission from a video posted on twitter of the scene in St Patrick's cemetery, Dowdallshill in Dundalk

Footage posted online showed emergency services in attendance as a large crowd gathered in St Patrick’s cemetery, where broadcaster RTE said an annual blessing of the graves service had been taking place.

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