LAST UPDATE | 31 May
A GARDA INVESTIGATION is underway after a stolen bin truck crashed into a level crossing barrier near Sutton DART station in North Dublin yesterday evening, causing disruption to commuters.
The truck was taken from Parliament Street in Dublin city early yesterday evening while a worker was out emptying bins.
Its movements were monitored by a number of garda units, before it crashed into the barriers at the station at 6pm.
The man driving the stolen truck was taken to a Dublin Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
No other injuries have been reported.
“Garda investigations into all the circumstances of this incident are ongoing. Gardaí are following a definite line of enquiry in relation to this investigation,” a Garda spokesperson said.
Services between Howth Junction and Howth were suspended as repairs were carried out on the crossing.
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