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Three Hospitalised Following M18 Road Crash

Three people have been taken to hospital overnight, following a road crash on the M18 motorway.

Emergency services were alerted at around 8.30pm last night after a car left the road and overturned at Coole, between Gort and Kiltiernan.

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Three ambulances, five units of the Fire Service and Garda units were dispatched to the scene and fire crews used specialist equipment to remove two people from the car, while a third person managed to free themselves.

All three were taken by ambulance to hospital, where one was treated for serious injuries, which are not believed to be life-threatening.

The motorway re-opened at 10.30pm last night.

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