Hill Street bridge closed off due to accident

An accident has resulted in the closure of Hill Street bridge.

The road has been blocked off by Gardaí to allow ambulance personnel to deal with the incident, which occurred shortly before 4pm. Gardaí describing are it as “serious” and asking people to avoid the area if at all possible.

The road is blocked off from the entrance to Hughes’ Park to the junction at the top of the Long Avenue.

Diversions are in place via the Inner Relief Road and Avenue Road.

Update: The road reopened around 5.15pm.

Serious RTA on Inner Relief Road

The scene of the crash

Motorists are being urged to avoid the Inner Relief Road in Dundalk at the Barrack Street junction due to a serious accident.

Two units of Dundalk Fire Service, an ambulance and gardaí are on the scene at present with diversions in place due to the road being blocked.

No information on possible injuries has been made yet.

Picture credit: Pat O’Shaughnessy (Twitter)

 

Toddler tragedy narrowly averted

A major tragedy was narrowly avoided in Dundalk yesterday when a young mother just caught her child’s pram after it went flying through the air having struck a piece of broken road.

The startled mum made the above post on Facebook, with a number of her friends heavily critical of the current state of the roads.

Here at Talk of the Town we have removed her name and picture from the post to protect her identity but needless to say this was a definite let-off.

At a time when motor taxes have risen, roads have rarely been in a worse state and it is only a matter of time before they cause a major accident, whether it be for a pedestrian or a motorist.