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ONE PERSON HAS been airlifted to hospital while a number of others were also injured following a number of separate incidents in poor weather in Co Tipperary.
As many as thirteen vehicles were involved in multiple collisions on both sides of the same stretch of the M7 near Roscrea.
A number of cars and vans collided with each other, crashed into barriers or left the road between junctions 22 and 23 west of Roscrea. The collisions, of which there were five, occurred within seconds of each other at around 3.30pm.
Fire crews from Roscrea, Newport and Cloughjordan stations along with a fleet of ambulances attended the incident. Gardaí and motorway maintenance crews quickly set up diversions.
The Athlone based Emergency Aeromedical Service air ambulance has taken one casualty from the scene to hospital in Limerick. A number of others have been transported by road ambulances. No one is believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
Initial reports to the emergency services suggested that up to thirteen vehicles were involved. The collisions occurred following a heavy downpour of hail after a bend and on an incline.
The motorway remained closed in both directions between Roscrea and Moneygall for about four hours.
As at time of writing, the northbound lane has reopened, while the road southbound remains closed between junctions 22 and 23.
Efforts are continuing to clear all the vehicles and debris from the scene.
Thankfully nobody has been seriously hurt.
Important to reduce speed in inclement weather conditions.
@FrankDapavia: generally if they airlift someone it means they are seriously hurt.
@Jane:
“None of the injuries sustained in the collisions are understood to be life-threatening”
@FrankDapavia: bit serious enough to be airlifted
@Jane: Sometimes it’s quicker, especially when there are multiple casualties. A major incident plan will utilise multiple resources. It doesn’t mean seriously injured parties.
@FrankDapavia: not life threatening doesn’t mean not serious, two broken legs would be serious but not life endangering, but continue to bicker, it seems to be all you do here.
@oh i dunno: sorry didn’t mean to bicker.
@Jane: I wasn’t replying to you Jane.
@FrankDapavia: I was in the tailback not far from the main incident n/bound. Accidents do happen but some people on the M7 today speeding excessively for the weather conditions! Need to slow down people.
@oh i dunno:
You looking for an argument?
I know that part of the M7 well, even on a dry road it’s a bit dodgy downhill on that bend at 120km so I’m not surprised there was a pile up there when conditions are so bad, glad there was no serious injury’s.
@Caoimhin O’Murchadha: what good drives at 120k in a hail storm?….oh wait
@Caoimhin O’Murchadha: 120kph is the limit, not a target.
Always accidents on that section of the motorway after heavy rain I live locally and know lads with the fire service who once there’s a downpour are guaranteed to be called out unfortunately sometimes to fatalities
Sounds dreadful!
Hope they all recover soon.
@Jarlath Murphy: not the first time there’s been a pile up at that spot. I got stuck behind a 7 car pile up only last year. The road is good, but it’s boring…and the most dangerous thing on it is the “off ramp” for Roscrea. You’d want to be able to manouvere a rollercoaster to get into that exit quick enough.
Arrive Alive Folks.
Did Met Eireann name this storm??
@Ding Ding Denny: Storm Hailey?
There are some seriously stupid people driving cars.
@William Grogan: give the volume of collisions on the stretch of road, Id be more of the view of it being shite road planning.
@Carina Clarke: Excellent comment although its wrong to blame any incident fully on the road. Its nearly always a chain of small events that cause these incidents but yes poor road planning & structure do play an important role. Also we could do with a lot more smart road signs in known danger zones to manage trafic better.
@William Grogan: Fully agree, as a professional driver covering approx 3/400 kilometers per day i am aghast at some of the things i see, I’m surprised i don’t come upon more accidents than i do really. I am actually more surprised the fatality rate is as low as it is, the standard of driving in this country could be described as appalling at best. We really need to look at re-testing every 10 years.
@Mjhint:
That stretch of road is known to have regular accidents.
It’s terrible planning, the off ramp to Roscrea as mentioned is a real hazard.
There was a crash there within days of that section of the motorway being opened.
@Carina Clarke: Or people driving with summer tyres instead of all season tyres for this climate.
@brendan H: I have all season tyres on my car. They are marginally better for stopping distance. What drives me batty in this Country is the insistence of having exits signposted after the turn along with a load of signs in the one place blocking other ones. A great example of this is in Dublin looking for the N4 past the mater hospital. The sign is completely blocked from view. Also signs blocked by greenery. Rubbish road lighting on dual carraigways but the hedging not being high enough or dense enough on the central.divide to drive with headlight on as your blinding the oncoming traffic on the other side of the dual carraigeway.
@Carina Clarke: Bad drivers cause crashes,not taking weather conditions into consideration. I’m from Scotland & you never see people driving like this in wintry conditions. Slow down & use your gears,not your brakes.
@Carina Clarke: agree with you some signs as for m50 are not clear which lame to get into you could nearly be going to say n4 city bound as sign for m50 northbound is to the right where it should be under the road on the left side. I live here imagine the problem for tourists or people not familiar with the area.
@Carina Clarke: or is it road building.
@William Grogan: not only with stupid drivers can hapen like that.there was man with more than 20 years expir…. it can hapen with everyone.
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