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File for DPP over ramming of Garda patrol car in Knocknacarra

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File for DPP over ramming of Garda patrol car in Knocknacarra

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A file is being prepared for the DPP over the ramming of a Garda patrol car in Knocknacarra.

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The incident took place at Altan on the Western Distributor Road at around 8.30 on Wednesday evening.

Gardai approached a black Audi A5 and activated blue lights - at which point the driver drove at speed directly into the marked patrol car.

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He then fled the scene at high speed, with the vehicle later found abandoned in the Knocknacarra area.

The incident left two Gardai injured, but neither required hospitalisation.

A man in his 40's was arrested in connection with the incident but he's since been released without charge.

A file is now being prepared for the DPP.

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